civil law
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1. the legal code of ancient Rome; codified under Justinian; the basis for many modern systems of civil law (noun.communication)
hypernym | : | legal code, |
definition | : | a code of laws adopted by a state or nation (noun.communication) |
domain member category | : | addiction, |
definition | : | (Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | novate, |
definition | : | replace with something new, especially an old obligation by a new one (verb.change) |
domain member category | : | stipulate, |
definition | : | make an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force (verb.communication) |
2. the body of laws established by a state or nation for its own regulation (noun.group)
hypernym | : | jurisprudence, law, |
definition | : | the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group) |
hyponym | : | case law, common law, precedent, |
definition | : | (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions (noun.communication) |
domain category | : | jurisprudence, law, |
definition | : | the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group) |
domain member category | : | case law, common law, precedent, |
definition | : | (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions (noun.communication) |
domain member category | : | complaint, |
definition | : | (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based (noun.communication) |
domain member category | : | accession, |
definition | : | (civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement (noun.possession) |
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