civil law
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.82 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The body of law dealing with the private relations between members of a community;
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A legal system primarily based on a legal code, which commonly derives from the Corpus Juris Civilis.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The Supreme Court of Canada is a bijural court that deals with both Quebec civil law and the common law used in the rest of the country."