# Civil law

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**Civil law** may refer to:

- [Civil law (common law)](/source/Civil_law_(common_law)), the part of law that concerns private citizens and legal persons
- [Civil law (legal system)](/source/Civil_law_(legal_system)), or continental law, a legal system originating in continental Europe and based on Roman law - [Private law](/source/Private_law), the branch of law in a civil law legal system that concerns relations among private individuals
- [Municipal law](/source/Municipal_law), the domestic law of a state, as opposed to international law

## See also

- [Civil code](/source/Civil_code)
- [Civil (disambiguation)](/source/Civil_(disambiguation))
- *[Ius civile](/source/Ius_civile)*, Latin for "civil law"
- [Common law (disambiguation)](/source/Common_law_(disambiguation))
- [Criminal law](/source/Criminal_law)

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