civil : Idioms & Phrases

• noun civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865
  American Civil War; War between the States.
  

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• noun legal action to protect a private civil right or to compel a civil remedy (as distinguished from criminal prosecution)
  

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• an action to enforce the rights or redress the wrongs of an individual, not involving a criminal proceeding.

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• the architecture which is employed in constructing buildings for the purposes of civil life, in distinction from military and naval architecture, as private houses, palaces, churches, etc.

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• noun a person who exercises authority over civilian affairs
  civil authority.
  

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• noun military censorship of civilian communications (correspondence or printed matter of films) entering or leaving of circulating within territories controlled by armed forces
  

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• noun a failure to follow a court order that benefits someone else
  

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• noun a day reckoned from midnight to midnight
  calendar day.
  

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• noun the legal status of a person who is alive but who has been deprived of the rights and privileges of a citizen or a member of society; the legal status of one sentenced to life imprisonment
  
• noun cancellation of civil rights
  attainder.
  

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• . (Law.) See under Death.

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• noun activities organized by civilians for their own protection in time of war or disaster
  

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• noun a group's refusal to obey a law because they believe the law is immoral (as in protest against discrimination)
  
  • Thoreau wrote a famous essay justifying civil disobedience

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• noun an engineer trained to design and construct and maintain public works (roads or bridges or harbors etc.)
  

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• noun the branch of engineering concerned with the design and construction of such public works as dams or bridges
  

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• . See under Engineering.

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• noun the body of laws established by a state or nation for its own regulation
  
• noun the legal code of ancient Rome; codified under Justinian; the basis for many modern systems of civil law
  Justinian code; Roman law; jus civile.
  

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• . See under Law.

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• noun a leader in municipal affairs
  civic leader.
  

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• noun a libertarian who is actively concerned with the protection of civil liberties
  

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• noun one's freedom to exercise one's rights as guaranteed under the laws of the country
  political liberty.
  
• noun fundamental individual right protected by law and expressed as immunity from unwarranted governmental interference
  

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• noun a sum of money voted by British Parliament each year for the expenses of the British royal family
  

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• . See under List.

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• noun a marriage performed by a government official rather than by a clergyman
  

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• noun a person who exercises authority over civilian affairs
  civil authority.
  

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• noun the form of government of a social organization
  polity.
  

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• (Law), that given to a person injured, by action, as opposed to a criminal prosecution.

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• noun right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the 13th and 14th amendments and subsequent acts of Congress including the right to legal and social and economic equality
  

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• noun a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups
  civil rights activist; civil rights leader.
  

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• noun a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups
  civil rights activist; civil rights leader.
  

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• noun movement in the United States beginning in the 1960s and led primarily by Blacks in an effort to establish the civil rights of individual Black citizens
  

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• noun a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups
  civil rights activist; civil rights leader.
  

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• noun a public official who is a member of the civil service
  

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• noun government workers; usually hired on the basis of competitive examinations
  

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• all service rendered to and paid for by the state or nation other than that pertaining to naval or military affairs.

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• the substitution of business principles and methods for the spoils system in the conduct of the civil service, esp. in the matter of appointments to office.

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• the whole body of the laity or citizens not included under the military, maritime, and ecclesiastical states.

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• noun a lawsuit alleging violations of civil law by the defendant
  

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• . Same as Civil action.

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• noun the official time in a local region (adjusted for location around the Earth); established by law or custom
  standard time; local time.
  

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• noun a voluntary union for life (or until divorce) of adult parties of the same sex
  
  • parties to a civil union have all the same benefits, protections, and responsibilities under Vermont law as spouses in a marriage

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• noun a war between factions in the same country
  

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• noun (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought
  tort.
  

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• noun the year (reckoned from January 1 to December 31) according to Gregorian calendar
  calendar year.
  

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• . See under Year.

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• adjective satellite having or showing active concern for protection of civil liberties protected by law
  

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• a code enacted in France in 1803 and 1804, embodying the law of rights of persons and of property generally. Abbot.

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• noun civil war in England between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists under Charles I; 1644-1648
  

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• noun the United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation
  ICAO.
  

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• noun civil war in Spain in which Franco succeeded in overthrowing the republican government; during the war Spain became a battleground for fascists and socialists from all countries; 1936-1939
  

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• noun civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865
  American Civil War; War between the States.
  

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