Civil law

Civil law has at least three meanings. It may connote an entire legal system,

As opposed to canon law

Civil law (as opposed to "canon law") is the secular legal system of the national government when there is also a system of ecclesiastical courts governed by a church's laws in the same country. This was the situation in England that repeatedly caused problems between the two legal systems, most famously perhaps the one that led to the murder of Thomas à Becket during the reign of Henry II of England.

Related Topics:
Canon law - Thomas à Becket - Henry II of England

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