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 |
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, - |
airfield landing field flying field field | a place where planes take off and land |
auxiliary airfield | an airfield that functions in a subsidiary capacity |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Civil List | a sum of money voted by British Parliament each year for the expenses of the British royal family |
civil death | 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 |
civil union | 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 |
civil order polity | the form of government of a social organization |
civil liberty political liberty | one's freedom to exercise one's rights as guaranteed under the laws of the country |
civil time standard time local time | the official time in a local region (adjusted for location around the Earth), established by law or custom |
calendar day civil day | a day reckoned from midnight to midnight |
calendar year civil year | the year (reckoned from January to December ) according to Gregorian calendar |
civil | of or in a condition of social order, civil peoples |
civil-libertarian | having or showing active concern for protection of civil liberties protected by law |
civil polite | not rude, marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others, even if he didn't like them he should have been civil- W.S. Maugham |
civil | (of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life, the civil calendar, a civil day begins at mean midnight |
civil | applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military, civil authorities |
civil civic | of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals, civil rights, civil liberty, civic duties, civic pride |
civil | of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state, civil affairs, civil strife, civil disobedience, civil branches of government |