Noun civil law has 2 senses
  1. civil law - the body of laws established by a state or nation for its own regulation
    --1 is a kind of
    law, jurisprudence
    Antonyms: international law, law of nations
    --1 has particulars:
     case law, precedent, common law; legislation, statute law
  2. Roman law, Justinian code, civil law, jus civile - the legal code of ancient Rome; codified under Justinian; the basis for many modern systems of civil law
    --2 is a kind of legal code
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