Civil law

CIVIL LAW - A system of law codified by statutes. (See common law, constitutional law, Roman Civil Law,...
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Civil Law: Law inspired by old Roman law and associated with the Napoleonic code (French civil law). The primary feature of civil law systems is that laws are codified rather than determined by judges based on precedent, as in common law.

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civil law
Roman law embodied in the Justinian Code. See also common law.
law concerned with noncriminal matters.
body of laws established by a state or nation, as distinguished from natural law.

In a civil law system, where judges decide the outcome of cases without juries, a judge undergoes separate legal training.

CIVIL LAW -- Systems of law based primarily on statutes or codes rather than judicial decisions. Examples are the French and German systems.

Several subjects contributed to the development of this discipline, such as law (and, in particular, civil law, labour law and international law of economy), theory of the Firm, corporate governance, political economy and moral philosophy.

In those countries where the municipal law is based on the Roman civil law, sureties usually possess the right (which may, however, be renounced by them) originally conferred by the Roman law, of compelling the creditor to insist on the goods, & ...

In civil law systems corporations are referred to as moral persons and may also go by the name SA (society anonymous) or something similar, depending on the language.

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A form of government in which the clergy exercise or bestow all legitimate political authority and in which religious law is dominant over civil law and enforced by state agencies.
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Common law is based on the English legal system and is the basis of the legal systems in many countries that were historically part of the British Empire, including many Caribbean countries that now operate as offshore entities.
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to performance on a contract, malfeasance is an act of outright sabotage in which one party to the contract commits an act which causes intentional damage. A party that incurs damages by malfeasance is entitled to settlement through a civil law suit.

The Department of Justice also has the authority to prosecute companies that break antitrust laws, and private parties are entitled to file civil lawsuits. Plaintiffs can collect triple damages if they prevail in litigation.

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