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civil-commitment statute.A law that provides for the confinement of a person who is mentally ill, incompetent, drug-addicted, or the like, often a sexually violent predator. • Unlike criminal incarceration, civil commitment is for an indefinite period.[Blacks Law 8th]

civil commitment. 1. A commitment of a person who is ill, incompetent, drug-addicted, or the like, as contrasted with a criminal sentence. [Cases: Chemical Dependents  10; Mental Health  31. C.J.S. Chemical De-pendents §§ 10–11; Insane Persons§§ 45, 47, 53.] 2. A public demonstration by two people of their intent to be bound together in a marriage-like…

civil cognation.See COGNATION. [Blacks Law 8th]

civil code. 1. A comprehensive and systematic legislative pronouncement of the whole private, noncommercial law in a legal system of the continental civil-law tradition. 2. (cap.) The code that embodies the law of France, from which a great part of the Louisiana civil code is derived. — Abbr. CC. — Also termed Code Civil. See…

civil bail.See BAIL(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

civil-authority clause.Insurance. A clause, esp. in a fire-insurance policy, insuring against damages caused by firefighters, police, or other civil authority. [Cases: Insurance  2157, 2163. C.J.S. Insurance § 1074.] [Blacks Law 8th]

civil assault.See ASSAULT. [Blacks Law 8th]

civil arrest.See ARREST. [Blacks Law 8th]

civil action.See ACTION(4). [Blacks Law 8th]

civil,adj.1. Of or relating to the state or its citizenry <civil rights>.2. Of or relating to private rights and remedies that are sought by action or suit, as distinct from criminal proceedings <civil litigation>. [Cases: Action  18. C.J.S. Actions § 68.] 3. Of or relating to any of the modern legal systems derived from Roman…