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'''Civil law''' is law based on a series of written codes or laws.

'''Civil law''' is law based on a series of written codes or laws.

Civil Law is a legal system based on Roman Law, in which there is a code of law in which the state follows and uses to determine court cases. This is opposed to [[Common Law]] in where judges' decisions on court cases can be used as precedent in other cases to create new law. Civil Law is also referred to as "ius civile", which is [[Latin]] for Civil Law.

Civil law is a legal system based on Roman law, in which there is a code of law in which the state follows and uses to determine court cases. This is opposed to [[common law]] in where judges' decisions on court cases can be used as precedent in other cases to create new law. Civil law is also referred to as "ius civile", which is [[Latin]] for civil law.

 

Civil law developed in Rome, Germany and France, while common law developed in England.  Only the State of [[Louisiana]] uses civil law in the [[United States]]; the remainder uses common law.

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