civil law

Questions about civil law

What does civil law mean?

civil law means "the body of laws established by a state or nation for its own regulation". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for civil law?

Close synonyms include Roman law, Justinian code, jus civile. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of civil law?

The recorded antonyms are international law.

Is civil law a common word?

civil law is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.