A
european judicial network to
simplify cross-border
civil and commercial litigation was created in
december 2002. (See Judicial-civil:Â European
judicial network)
matters concerning private rights and not offences against the stateÂ
the branch of
law that pertains to
suits other than criminal practiceand is
concerned with the rights and duties of
persons in contract, tort, etc.
this word has various significations. 1. It is
used in
contradistinction to
barbarous or savage, to
indicate a
state of
society reduced to
order and regular government;
thus we
speak of
civil life,
civil society,
civil government and civil liberty.It is
sometimes used in
contradistinction to
criminal to
indicate the private rights and remedies of men, as
members of
the community, in
contrast to
those which are public and relate to
the government;
thus we
speak of
civil process and criminal process,
civil jurisdiction and criminal jurisdiction.It is
also used in
contradistinction to
military or ecclesiastical, to
natural or foreign;
thus we
speak of a
civil station, as
opposed to a
military or
ecclesiastical station; a
civil death as
opposed to a
natural death; a
civil war as
opposed to a
foreign war. Â
this entry contains material from Bouvier's
legal Dictionary, a
work published in
the 1850's.
 american
civil warÂ
 civil service  civil rightsÂ
 civil service commission  civil lawÂ
 civil list  civil deathÂ
 civil remedy  civil stateÂ
 civil service reform  civil wrongÂ
 civil war  civil timeÂ
 civil suit  civil yearÂ
 civil liberty  code civilÂ
 civil day  civil engineerÂ
 civil architecture  international
civil aviation organizationÂ
 civil action  civil engineeringÂ
(
a.)
Subject to government;
reduced to order; civilized;
not barbarous; --
said of
the community. Â
(
a.)
Relating to
rights and remedies sought by
action or
suit distinct from criminal proceedings. Â
(
a.)
Pertaining to
civic life and affairs, in
distinction from military, ecclesiastical, or
official state. Â
(
a.)
Pertaining to a
city or state, or to a
citizen in
his relations to
his fellow citizens or to
the state;
within the city or state. Â
(
a.)
Performing
the duties of a citizen;
obedient to government; --
said of an individual. Â
(
a.)
Having
the manners of
one dwelling in a city, as
opposed to
those of
savages or rustics; polite; courteous; complaisant; affable. Â
Adjective1.
applying to
ordinary citizens; "civil law"; "civil authorities" (similar) civilian2.
not rude;
marked by
satisfactory (or
especially minimal)
adherence to
social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others; "even if he
didn't like them he
should have been civil"- W.S. Maugham (synonym)
polite (antonym) uncivil,
rude (attribute) civility3. of or
occurring within the state or
between or
among citizens of
the state; "civil affairs"; "civil strife"; "civil disobediece"; "civil
branches of government" (pertainym) state, nation, country, land, commonwealth,
res publica,
body politic4. of or
relating to or
befitting citizens as individuals; "civil rights"; "civil liberty"; "civic duties"; "civic pride" (synonym)
civic (pertainym) citizen5. (of
divisions of time)
legally recognized in
ordinary affairs of life; "the
civil calendar"; "a
civil day begins at
mean midnight" (antonym) sidereal6. of or in a
condition of
social order; "civil peoples" (similar) civilized, civilised
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the word Civil is
derived from the Latin word
civilis,
from civis ("citizen").
used as an adjective, it
may describe several fields, concepts,
and people:Civil rightsCivil libertiesCivil lawCivil procedureCivil serviceCivil agencyCivil marriageCivil warCivil defenseCivil deathCivil disobedienceCivil libertarianismCivil aviationCivil engineering
domesticus, civilis
