attainder civil death | cancellation of civil rights |
tort civil wrong | (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought |
civil censorship | military censorship of civilian communications (correspondence or printed matter of films) entering or leaving of circulating within territories controlled by armed forces |
civil defense | activities organized by civilians for their own protection in time of war or disaster |
civil war | a war between factions in the same country |
civil marriage | a marriage performed by a government official rather than by a clergyman |
loan approval | formal authorization to get a loan (usually from a bank) |
civil disobedience | 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 |
civil contempt | a failure to follow a court order that benefits someone else |
civil suit | a lawsuit alleging violations of civil law by the defendant |
civil action | legal action to protect a private civil right or to compel a civil remedy (as distinguished from criminal prosecution) |
American Civil War United States Civil War War between the States | civil war in the United States between the North and the South, - |
English Civil War | civil war in England between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists under Charles I, - |
Spanish Civil War | 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, - |
loan office | an office where loans are negotiated and repaid |
pawnbroker's shop pawnshop loan office | a shop where loans are made with personal property as security |
civil right | right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the th and th amendments and subsequent acts of Congress including the right to legal and social and economic equality |
civil liberty | fundamental individual right protected by law and expressed as immunity from unwarranted governmental interference |
civil engineering | the branch of engineering concerned with the design and construction of such public works as dams or bridges |
loanblend loan-blend hybrid | a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root) |
loanword loan | a word borrowed from another language, e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English |
calque calque formation loan translation | an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language, `superman' is a calque for the German `Ubermensch' |
loan application | an application to borrow money |
Roman law Justinian code civil law jus civile | the legal code of ancient Rome, codified under Justinian, the basis for many modern systems of civil law |
loan collection | a number of pictures loaned by their owners for exhibition |
International Civil Aviation Organization ICAO | the United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation |
civil service | government workers, usually hired on the basis of competitive examinations |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Freddie Mac FHLMC | a corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages |
consumer finance company small loan company | a finance company that makes loans to people who have trouble getting a bank loan |
industrial bank industrial loan company | a finance company that makes small loans to industrial workers |
savings and loan savings and loan association | a thrift institution that is required by law to make a certain percentage of its loans as home mortgages |
Home Loan Bank | one of regional banks that monitor and make short-term credit advances to thrift institutions in their region |
Federal Home Loan Bank System | the central credit system for thrift institutions |
civil law | the body of laws established by a state or nation for its own regulation |
Civil Rights movement | movement in the United States beginning in the s and led primarily by Blacks in an effort to establish the civil rights of individual Black citizens |
civic leader civil leader | a leader in municipal affairs |
civil engineer | an engineer trained to design and construct and maintain public works (roads or bridges or harbors etc.) |
civil libertarian | a libertarian who is actively concerned with the protection of civil liberties |
civil rights leader civil rights worker civil rights activist | a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups |
civil servant | a public official who is a member of the civil service |
civil authority civil officer | a person who exercises authority over civilian affairs |
usurer loan shark moneylender shylock | someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest |
bank loan | a loan made by a bank, to be repaid with interest on or before a fixed date |
business loan commercial loan | a bank loan granted for the use of a business |
interbank loan | a loan from one bank to another |
home loan home equity credit home equity loan equity credit line | a loan secured by equity value in the borrower's home |
installment credit installment loan | a loan repaid with interest in equal periodic payments |
loan | the temporary provision of money (usually at interest) |
call loan demand loan | a loan that is repayable on demand |
direct loan | a loan by a lender to a customer without the use of a third party, direct lending gives the lender greater discretion in making loans |