- 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 - 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