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href="/wiki/civil#English" title="civil">civil</a> <a href="/wiki/law#English" title="law">law</a></strong> (<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#countable" title="Appendix:Glossary">countable</a> and <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncountable" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncountable</a></i>, <i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/civil_laws#English" title="civil laws">civil laws</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/law#English" title="law">law</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> The body of law dealing with the private relations between members of a community; it contrasts with <a href="/wiki/criminal_law" title="criminal law">criminal law</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=military_law&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="military law (page does not exist)">military law</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=ecclesiastical_law&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ecclesiastical law (page does not exist)">ecclesiastical law</a>.</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/law#English" title="law">law</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> Legal system based on the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_Juris_Civilis" class="extiw" title="w:Corpus Juris Civilis">Corpus Juris Civilis</a></i>; it contrasts with <a href="/wiki/common_law" title="common law">common law</a>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Related_terms">Related terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=civil_law&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Related terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/civil_violation" title="civil violation">civil violation</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations">Translations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=civil_law&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-body_of_law_dealing_with_private_relations"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">body of law dealing with private relations</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="body of law dealing with private relations"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Breton: <span class="Latn" lang="br"><a href="/wiki/gwir_keodedel#Breton" title="gwir keodedel">gwir keodedel</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hani" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E6%B0%91%E6%B3%95#Mandarin" title="民法">民法</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%B0%91%E6%B3%95" class="extiw" title="zh:民法">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">mínfǎ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Czech: <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/ob%C4%8Dansk%C3%A9_pr%C3%A1vo#Czech" title="občanské právo">občanské právo</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Danish: <span class="Latn" lang="da"><a href="/w/index.php?title=civilret&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="civilret (page does not exist)">civilret</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/w/index.php?title=civiel_recht&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="civiel recht (page does not exist)">civiel recht</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/civiel_recht" class="extiw" title="nl:civiel recht">(nl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/w/index.php?title=burgerlijk_recht&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="burgerlijk recht (page does not exist)">burgerlijk recht</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Esperanto: <span class="Latn" lang="eo"><a href="/w/index.php?title=civila_kodo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="civila kodo (page does not exist)">civila kodo</a></span></li> <li>Estonian: <span class="Latn" lang="et"><a href="/w/index.php?title=tsiviil%C3%B5igus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="tsiviilõigus (page does not exist)">tsiviilõigus</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/siviilioikeus#Finnish" title="siviilioikeus">siviilioikeus</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/siviilioikeus" class="extiw" title="fi:siviilioikeus">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/droit_civil#French" title="droit civil">droit civil</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/droit_civil" class="extiw" title="fr:droit civil">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Georgian: <span class="Geor" lang="ka"><a href="/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A5%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%A5%E1%83%9D_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%97%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98#Georgian" title="სამოქალაქო სამართალი">სამოქალაქო სამართალი</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ka-Latn" class="tr Latn">samokalako samartali</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Zivilrecht#German" title="Zivilrecht">Zivilrecht</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Zivilrecht" class="extiw" title="de:Zivilrecht">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=B%C3%BCrgerliches_Recht&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bürgerliches Recht (page does not exist)">Bürgerliches Recht</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Hungarian: <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=polg%C3%A1ri_jog&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="polgári jog (page does not exist)">polgári jog</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/polg%C3%A1ri_jog" class="extiw" title="hu:polgári jog">(hu)</a></span></li> <li>Indonesian: <span class="Latn" lang="id"><a href="/wiki/hukum_perdata#Indonesian" title="hukum perdata">hukum perdata</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://id.wiktionary.org/wiki/hukum_perdata" class="extiw" title="id:hukum perdata">(id)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="id"><a href="/wiki/hukum_sipil#Indonesian" title="hukum sipil">hukum sipil</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://id.wiktionary.org/wiki/hukum_sipil" class="extiw" title="id:hukum sipil">(id)</a></span></li> <li>Irish: <span class="ttbc"><sup class="ttbc">(please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>)</sup> <span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/w/index.php?title=dl%C3%AD_sibhialta&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="dlí sibhialta (page does not exist)">dlí sibhialta</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/diritto_civile#Italian" title="diritto civile">diritto civile</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/diritto_civile" class="extiw" title="it:diritto civile">(it)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E6%B0%91%E6%B3%95#Japanese" title="民法">民法</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%B0%91%E6%B3%95" class="extiw" title="ja:民法">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">みんぽう, mimpō</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Kazakh: <span class="Cyrl" lang="kk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%82%D1%8B%D2%9B_%D2%9B%D2%B1%D2%9B%D1%8B%D2%9B#Kazakh" title="азаматтық құқық">азаматтық құқық</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="kk-Latn" class="tr Latn">azamattyq qūqyq</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Korean: <span class="Kore" lang="ko"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%EB%AF%BC%EB%B2%95&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="민법 (page does not exist)">민법(民法)</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EB%AF%BC%EB%B2%95" class="extiw" title="ko:민법">(ko)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ko-Latn" class="tr Latn">minbeop</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Lithuanian: <span class="Latn" lang="lt"><a href="/w/index.php?title=civiline_teise&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="civiline teise (page does not exist)">civiline teise</a></span></li> <li>Malay: <span class="Latn" lang="ms"><a href="/w/index.php?title=undang-undang_sivil&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="undang-undang sivil (page does not exist)">undang-undang sivil</a></span></li> <li>Mongolian: <dl><dd>Cyrillic: <span class="Cyrl" lang="mn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%85%D1%83%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="иргэний хууль (page does not exist)">иргэний хууль</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mn-Latn" class="tr Latn">irgenii xuulʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="mn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%8B%D0%BD_%D1%85%D1%83%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ардын хууль (page does not exist)">ардын хууль</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mn-Latn" class="tr Latn">ardyn xuulʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">China</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></dd> <dd>Mongolian: <span class="Mong" lang="mn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E1%A0%A2%E1%A0%B7%E1%A0%AD%E1%A0%A1%E1%A0%A8_%E1%A0%A6_%E1%A0%AC%E1%A0%A0%E1%A0%A4%E1%A0%AF%E1%A0%A2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ᠢᠷᠭᠡᠨ ᠦ ᠬᠠᠤᠯᠢ (page does not exist)">ᠢᠷᠭᠡᠨ ᠦ<br />ᠬᠠᠤᠯᠢ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mn-Latn" class="tr Latn">irgen-ü qauli</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Mong" lang="mn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E1%A0%A0%E1%A0%B7%E1%A0%A0%E1%A0%B3_%E1%A0%A4%E1%A0%8B%E1%A0%A8_%E1%A0%AC%E1%A0%A0%E1%A0%A4%E1%A0%AF%E1%A0%A2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ᠠᠷᠠᠳ ᠤ᠋ᠨ ᠬᠠᠤᠯᠢ (page does not exist)">ᠠᠷᠠᠳ<br />ᠤ᠋ᠨ<br />ᠬᠠᠤᠯᠢ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mn-Latn" class="tr Latn">arad un qauli</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Norwegian: <dl><dd>Bokmål: <span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/sivilrett#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="sivilrett">sivilrett</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/w/index.php?title=privatrett&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="privatrett (page does not exist)">privatrett</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></dd> <dd>Nynorsk: <span class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="/wiki/sivilrett#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="sivilrett">sivilrett</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=privatrett&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="privatrett (page does not exist)">privatrett</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/w/index.php?title=prawo_cywilne&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="prawo cywilne (page does not exist)">prawo cywilne</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/direito_civil#Portuguese" title="direito civil">direito civil</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Romanian: <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/drept_civil#Romanian" title="drept civil">drept civil</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/drept_civil" class="extiw" title="ro:drept civil">(ro)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BE#Russian" title="гражданское право">гражда́нское пра́во</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BE" class="extiw" title="ru:гражданское право">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">graždánskoje právo</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Slovene: <span class="Latn" lang="sl"><a href="/w/index.php?title=civilno_pravo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="civilno pravo (page does not exist)">civilno pravo</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/derecho_civil#Spanish" title="derecho civil">derecho civil</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/civilr%C3%A4tt#Swedish" title="civilrätt">civilrätt</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/civilr%C3%A4tt" class="extiw" title="sv:civilrätt">(sv)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span></li> <li>Welsh: <span class="Latn" lang="cy"><a href="/w/index.php?title=cyfraith_sifil&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="cyfraith sifil (page does not exist)">cyfraith sifil</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-legal_system_contrasting_with_common_law"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">legal system contrasting with common law</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="legal system contrasting with common law"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270" /> <ul><li>Arabic: <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%86%D9%8A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="قانون مدني (page does not exist)">قَانُون مَدَنِيّ</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">qānūn madaniyy</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E6%AD%90%E9%99%B8%E6%B3%95%E7%B3%BB#Mandarin" title="歐陸法系">歐陸法系</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;"> / </span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E6%AC%A7%E9%99%86%E6%B3%95%E7%B3%BB#Mandarin" title="欧陆法系">欧陆法系</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">ōulùfǎxì</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E9%99%B8%E6%B3%95#Mandarin" title="大陸法">大陸法</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;"> / </span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E9%99%86%E6%B3%95#Mandarin" title="大陆法">大陆法</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">dàlùfǎ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/w/index.php?title=continentaal_recht&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="continentaal recht (page does not exist)">continentaal recht</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Romaans-Germaans_recht&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Romaans-Germaans recht (page does not exist)">Romaans-Germaans recht</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/s%C3%A4%C3%A4d%C3%B6soikeus#Finnish" title="säädösoikeus">säädösoikeus</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=droit_romano-civiliste&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="droit romano-civiliste (page does not exist)">droit romano-civiliste</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=droit_romano-germanique&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="droit romano-germanique (page does not exist)">droit romano-germanique</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Georgian: <span class="Geor" lang="ka"><a href="/wiki/%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A-%E1%83%92%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%97%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98#Georgian" title="რომაულ-გერმანული სამართალი">რომაულ-გერმანული სამართალი</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ka-Latn" class="tr Latn">romaul-germanuli samartali</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Geor" lang="ka"><a href="/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98_%E1%83%94%E1%83%95%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9E%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%97%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98#Georgian" title="კონტინენტური ევროპის სამართალი">კონტინენტური ევროპის სამართალი</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ka-Latn" class="tr Latn">ḳonṭinenṭuri evroṗis samartali</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=r%C3%B6misch-germanisches_Recht&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="römisch-germanisches Recht (page does not exist)">römisch-germanisches Recht</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Hebrew: <span class="Hebr" lang="he"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%A4%D7%98_%D7%94%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%9C%D7%99&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="המשפט הקונטיננטלי (page does not exist)">המשפט הקונטיננטלי</a></span>, <span class="Hebr" lang="he"><a href="/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%A4%D7%98_%D7%90%D7%96%D7%A8%D7%97%D7%99#Hebrew" title="משפט אזרחי">משפט אזרחי</a></span></li> <li>Hungarian: <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=r%C3%B3mai_jog&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="római jog (page does not exist)">római jog</a></span></li> <li>Indonesian: <span class="Latn" lang="id"><a href="/w/index.php?title=sistem_hukum_Eropa_kontinental&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="sistem hukum Eropa kontinental (page does not exist)">sistem hukum Eropa kontinental</a></span></li> <li>Irish: <span class="ttbc"><sup class="ttbc">(please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>)</sup> <span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/w/index.php?title=dl%C3%AD_sibhialta&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="dlí sibhialta (page does not exist)">dlí sibhialta</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/w/index.php?title=diritto_continentale&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="diritto continentale (page does not exist)">diritto continentale</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/w/index.php?title=diritto_romano-germanico&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="diritto romano-germanico (page does not exist)">diritto romano-germanico</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E9%99%B8%E6%B3%95#Japanese" title="大陸法">大陸法</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E9%99%B8%E6%B3%95" class="extiw" title="ja:大陸法">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">たいりくほう, tairiku hō</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Khmer: <span class="Khmr" lang="km"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E1%9E%85%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%94%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%94%E1%9F%8B%E1%9E%9A%E1%9E%8A%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%8B%E1%9E%94%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%94%E1%9E%9C%E1%9F%81%E1%9E%8E%E1%9E%B8&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ច្បាប់រដ្ឋប្បវេណី (page does not exist)">ច្បាប់រដ្ឋប្បវេណី</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="km-Latn" class="tr Latn">jbab roth pak ve ni</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Korean: <span class="Kore" lang="ko"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%EB%8C%80%EB%A5%99%EB%B2%95&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="대륙법 (page does not exist)">대륙법(大陸法)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ko-Latn" class="tr Latn">daeryukbeop</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Lithuanian: <span class="Latn" lang="lt"><a href="/w/index.php?title=kontinentin%C4%97_teis%C4%97&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="kontinentinė teisė (page does not exist)">kontinentinė teisė</a></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Portuguese">civil law</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/direito_romano-germ%C3%A2nico#Portuguese" title="direito romano-germânico">direito romano-germânico</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE-%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BE&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="романо-германское право (page does not exist)">рома́но-герма́нское пра́во</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">románo-germánskoje právo</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Scots: <span class="Latn" lang="sco"><a href="/w/index.php?title=ceevil_law&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ceevil law (page does not exist)">ceevil law</a></span></li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <dl><dd>Roman: <span class="Latn" lang="sh"><a href="/w/index.php?title=gra%C4%91ansko_pravo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="građansko pravo (page does not exist)">građansko právo</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/w/index.php?title=derecho_continental&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="derecho continental (page does not exist)">derecho continental</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/civilr%C3%A4tt#Swedish" title="civilrätt">civilrätt</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/civilr%C3%A4tt" class="extiw" title="sv:civilrätt">(sv)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span></li> <li>Thai: <span class="Thai" lang="th"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%8E%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%9E%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%87&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="กฎหมายแพ่ง (page does not exist)">กฎหมายแพ่ง</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="th-Latn" class="tr Latn">gòd măai pâeng</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="checktrans"> <dl><dd><i>The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. 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