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civil-liability act.See DRAM-SHOP ACT. [Blacks Law 8th]

civil liability.See LIABILITY. [Blacks Law 8th]

civil law. 1. (usu. cap.) One of the two prominent legal systems in the Western World, originally administered in the Roman Empire and still influential in continental Europe, Latin America, Scotland, and Louisiana, among other parts of the world; ROMAN LAW. • In reference to Romans, civil law (commonly referred to as jus civile) denotes…

civil justice.The methods by which a society redresses civil wrongs. Cf. CRIMINAL JUSTICE(1).

civilization. The transformation of a criminal matter to a civil one by law or judgment. Cf. CRIMINALIZA-TION(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

civiliter (s<<schwa>>-vil-<<schwa>>-t<<schwa>>r), adv.[Latin “civilly”] 1. By a civil, as distinguished from a criminal, proceeding. Cf. CRIMINALITER. 2. Civilly; as a citizen. civiliter mortuus (s<<schwa>>-vil-<<schwa>>-t<<schwa>>r mor-choo-<<schwa>>s). [Latin] Civilly dead <the wife of a man civiliter mortuus had similar rights>. See civil death (1) under DEATH. [Blacks Law 8th]

civilista (siv-<<schwa>>-lis-t<<schwa>>). [Latin] Hist. See CIVILIAN(2). [Blacks Law 8th]

civilis (s<<schwa>>-vI-lis), adj.[Latin] Of or according to civil law. [Blacks Law 8th]

civil investigative demand. 1. A request for information served by the U.S. Attorney General on any person who may have documents or information relevant to a civil antitrust investigation or to an investigation authorized by § 3 of the International Antitrust Enforcement Assistance Act (15 USCA § 6202). • A civil investigative demand can be issued…

civil injury.See INJURY. [Blacks Law 8th]