civil law

== English == === Pronunciation === === Noun === civil law (countable and uncountable, plural civil laws) (law) The body of law dealing with the private relations between members of a community; Coordinate terms: criminal law, ecclesiastical law, military law (law) A legal system primarily based on a legal code, which commonly derives from the Corpus Juris Civilis. Coordinate term: common law ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English civil law. === Noun === civil law f (uncountable) (law) civil law (legal system contrasting with common law) Synonym: direito romano-germânico