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Municipal law — Law Law (l[add]), n. [OE. lawe, laghe, AS. lagu, from the root of E. lie: akin to OS. lag, Icel. l[ o]g, Sw. lag, Dan. lov; cf. L. lex, E. legal. A law is that which is laid, set, or fixed; like statute, fr. L. statuere to make to stand. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
civil — civ·il / si vəl/ adj [Latin civilis, from civis citizen] 1: concerning, befitting, or applying to individual citizens or to citizens as a whole a civil duty see also civil right 2: marked by public order: peaceable in behavior … Law dictionary
law — / lȯ/ n [Old English lagu, of Scandinavian origin] 1: a rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority: as a: a command or provision enacted by a legislature see also statute 1 b:… … Law dictionary
municipal law — In the most narrow sense of the term, the law pertaining to municipal corporations. In a more accurate sense, the law of a municipality, a state, even the nation, as distinguished from international law. Strictly, this expression denotes the… … Ballentine's law dictionary
municipal court — n: a court that sits in some cities and larger towns and that usu. has limited civil and criminal jurisdiction over cases arising within the municipality; also: police court Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
civil law — The body of law, sometimes called municipal law, adopted in a country or a state, as distinguished from the so called natural law and international law; the body of law which determines private rights and liabilities, as distinguished from… … Ballentine's law dictionary
municipal — mu·nic·i·pal 1 /myu̇ ni sə pəl/ adj 1: of or relating to the internal affairs of a major political unit (as a nation) was sentenced by a court of municipal, not international, jurisdiction compare domestic 2 a: of, relating to, or characteristic… … Law dictionary
Civil Marriage — • The municipal law deals with this status only as a civil institution Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Civil Marriage Civil Marriage … Catholic encyclopedia
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Civil law — Law Law (l[add]), n. [OE. lawe, laghe, AS. lagu, from the root of E. lie: akin to OS. lag, Icel. l[ o]g, Sw. lag, Dan. lov; cf. L. lex, E. legal. A law is that which is laid, set, or fixed; like statute, fr. L. statuere to make to stand. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
