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civil code

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A systematic collection of laws addressing dealings between private parties, such as business contracts and negligence lawsuits.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: law

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42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قَانُون مَدَنِيّ (qānūn madaniyy) — a systematic collection of laws between private parties
  • Armenian: քաղաքացիական օրենսգիրք (kʻaġakʻacʻiakan ōrensgirkʻ) — a systematic collection of laws between private parties
  • Azerbaijani: mülki məcəllə — a systematic collection of laws between private parties
  • Belarusian: грамадзя́нскі ко́дэкс (hramadzjánski kódeks) — a systematic collection of laws between private parties
  • Bulgarian: гра́ждански ко́декс (gráždanski kódeks) — a systematic collection of laws between private parties
  • Chinese Mandarin: 民法典 (mínfǎdiǎn) — a systematic collection of laws between private parties
  • Chinese Mandarin: 民事法典 (mínshì fǎdiǎn) — a systematic collection of laws between private parties
  • Czech: občanský zákoník — a systematic collection of laws between private parties
  • Dutch: burgerlijk wetboek — a systematic collection of laws between private parties
  • Estonian: tsiviilkoodeks — a systematic collection of laws between private parties
  • Finnish: siviililaki — a systematic collection of laws between private parties
  • French: code civil — a systematic collection of laws between private parties
  • Georgian: სამოქალაქო კოდექსი (samokalako ḳodeksi) — a systematic collection of laws between private parties
  • German: Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch — a systematic collection of laws between private parties
  • German: Zivilgesetzbuch — a systematic collection of laws between private parties
  • Hungarian: polgári törvénykönyv — a systematic collection of laws between private parties
  • Ido: civila kodexo — a systematic collection of laws between private parties
  • Italian: codice civile — a systematic collection of laws between private parties
  • Japanese: 民法典 (minpōten) — a systematic collection of laws between private parties
  • Kazakh: азаматтық кодекс (azamattyq kodeks) — a systematic collection of laws between private parties
  • Korean: 민법전 (minbeopjeon) — a systematic collection of laws between private parties
  • Kyrgyz: жарандык кодекс (jarandık kodeks) — a systematic collection of laws between private parties
  • Latvian: civilkodekss — a systematic collection of laws between private parties
  • Lithuanian: civilinis kodeksas — a systematic collection of laws between private parties
  • Macedonian: граѓански законик (graǵanski zakonik) — a systematic collection of laws between private parties
  • Persian: قانون مدنی (qânun-e madani) — a systematic collection of laws between private parties
  • Polish: kodeks cywilny — a systematic collection of laws between private parties
  • Romanian: cod civil — a systematic collection of laws between private parties
  • Russian: гражда́нский ко́декс (graždánskij kódɛks) — a systematic collection of laws between private parties
  • Russian: ГК (GK) — a systematic collection of laws between private parties
  • Serbo-Croatian: грађански законик — a systematic collection of laws between private parties
  • Serbo-Croatian: građanski zakonik — a systematic collection of laws between private parties
  • Slovak: občiansky zákonník — a systematic collection of laws between private parties
  • Slovene: civilni zakonik — a systematic collection of laws between private parties
  • Spanish: código civil — a systematic collection of laws between private parties
  • Tagalog: bayanhing kabatasan — a systematic collection of laws between private parties
  • Tagalog: kodigo sibil — a systematic collection of laws between private parties
  • Tajik: кодекси гражданӣ (kodeks-i graždani) — a systematic collection of laws between private parties
  • Turkish: medeni kanun — a systematic collection of laws between private parties
  • Turkish: mecelle — a systematic collection of laws between private parties
  • Ukrainian: циві́льний ко́декс (cyvílʹnyj kódeks) — a systematic collection of laws between private parties
  • Vietnamese: bộ luật dân sự — a systematic collection of laws between private parties