Civil law
Civil law noun - The legal code of ancient Rome; codified under Justinian; the basis for many modern systems of civil law.
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Private law and civil law are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Private law" instead a noun phrase "Civil law".
Private law
Civil law and private law are semantically related. You can use "Civil law" instead a noun phrase "Private law".
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