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civil law

Legal system based on Roman law. It is one of the two main European legal systems, English (common) law being the other. Civil law may also mean the law relating to matters other than criminal law, such as contract and tort.


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That case was special to us because for the first time it asked the question of whether or not there was a public constitutional right to access to civil proceedings," Newton said.
In a civil proceeding, the side that produces a "preponderance of the evidence," showing that its story is more likely than not to be true, wins.
``This would be a civil proceeding, and that is completely separate from anything criminal,'' Greenberg said.
 
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