civil law. 1. (usu. cap.) One of the two prominent legal systems in the Western World, originally administered in the Roman Empire and still influential in continental Europe, Latin America, Scotland, and Louisiana, among other parts of the world; ROMAN LAW. • In reference to Romans, civil law (commonly referred to as jus civile) denotes […]
arms, law of. 1. Rules concerning conditions of war, such as the treatment of prisoners. 2. The law relating to the right to bear arms. [Cases: Weapons 1. C.J.S. Weapons §§ 1–8, 61–62.] 3. The law relating to armorial bearings, i.e., coats of arms granted by the College of Heralds in England, Lord Lyon King
The law governing the organization and operation of administrative agencies (including executive and independent agencies) and the relations of administrative agencies with the legislature, the execu-tive, the judiciary, and the public. • Administrative law is divided into three parts: (1) the statutes endowing agencies with powers and establishing rules of substantive law relating to those
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petroleum-conservation law. Oil & gas. A state law that limits the rule of capture and defines the correlative-rights doctrine by regulating the drilling and operation of oil-and-gas wells. • Petroleum-conservation laws are intended to prevent waste and protect correlative rights.
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A condition that cannot be fulfilled without violating the law.
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consular law. The law relating to consuls, developed through custom and multitudes of bilateral consular agreements.
criminal law. The body of law defining offenses against the community at large, regulating how suspects are investigated, charged, and tried, and establishing punishments for convicted offenders. — Also termed penal law. “The criminal law represents the pathology of civilization.” Morris R. Cohen, Reason and Law 70 (1961). “Often the term ‘criminal law’ is used
Code of Canon Law 《教会法法典》 指对罗马天主教会〔Roman Catholic Church〕法规修订后编纂的现代法典。1904年开始，1917年颁布，1918年生效。法典共分5卷，2414条。该法典只适用于拉丁基督教会〔Latin Catholics〕，东正教会〔Oriental Catholic Church〕有自己的法典。凡与该法典内容相左之旧教会法规，自该法典生效后一概废除。
animal law, n. The field of law dealing with vertebrates other than humans. • The field cuts across many traditional doctrinal areas (e.g., contracts, torts, administrative law) as well as jurisprudence. Topics include wild-life-management law, laws concerning treatment of laboratory animals, and laws relating to companion animals.