"civil code" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: civil codes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} civil code (plural civil codes)
  1. (law) A systematic collection of laws addressing dealings between private parties, such as business contracts and negligence lawsuits. Wikipedia link: civil code Categories (topical): Law Related terms: criminal code Translations (a systematic collection of laws between private parties): قَانُون مَدَنِيّ (qānūn madaniyy) [masculine] (Arabic), քաղաքացիական օրենսգիրք (kʿaġakʿacʿiakan ōrensgirkʿ) (Armenian), mülki məcəllə (Azerbaijani), грамадзя́нскі ко́дэкс (hramadzjánski kódeks) [masculine] (Belarusian), гра́ждански ко́декс (gráždanski kódeks) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 民法典 (mínfǎdiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 民事法典 (mínshì fǎdiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), občanský zákoník [masculine] (Czech), burgerlijk wetboek [neuter] (Dutch), tsiviilkoodeks (Estonian), siviililaki (Finnish), code civil [masculine] (French), სამოქალაქო კოდექსი (samokalako ḳodeksi) (Georgian), Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch [neuter] (German), polgári törvénykönyv (Hungarian), civila kodexo (Ido), 民法典 (minpōten) (alt: みんぽうてん) (Japanese), азаматтық кодекс (azamattyq kodeks) (Kazakh), 민법전 (minbeopjeon) (alt: 民法典) (Korean), жарандык кодекс (jarandık kodeks) (Kyrgyz), civilkodekss [masculine] (Latvian), civilinis kodeksas [masculine] (Lithuanian), граѓански законик (graǵanski zakonik) [masculine] (Macedonian), قانون مدنی (qânun-e madani) (Persian), kodeks cywilny [masculine] (Polish), cod civil [neuter] (Romanian), гражда́нский ко́декс (graždánskij kódɛks) [masculine] (Russian), грађански законик [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), građanski zakonik [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), občiansky zákonník [masculine] (Slovak), civilni zakonik [masculine] (Slovene), código civil (Spanish), bayanhing kabatasan (Tagalog), kodigo sibil (Tagalog), кодекси гражданӣ (kodeksi graždanī) (Tajik), medeni hukuk (Turkish), циві́льний ко́декс (cyvílʹnyj kódeks) [masculine] (Ukrainian), bộ luật dân sự (Vietnamese)

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      "sense": "a systematic collection of laws between private parties",
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      "sense": "a systematic collection of laws between private parties",
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      "roman": "graždánskij kódɛks",
      "sense": "a systematic collection of laws between private parties",
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      "sense": "a systematic collection of laws between private parties",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "a systematic collection of laws between private parties",
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      "sense": "a systematic collection of laws between private parties",
      "word": "bayanhing kabatasan"
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      "roman": "kodeksi graždanī",
      "sense": "a systematic collection of laws between private parties",
      "word": "кодекси гражданӣ"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a systematic collection of laws between private parties",
      "word": "medeni hukuk"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "cyvílʹnyj kódeks",
      "sense": "a systematic collection of laws between private parties",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "циві́льний ко́декс"
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    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a systematic collection of laws between private parties",
      "word": "bộ luật dân sự"
    }
  ],
  "word": "civil code"
}

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