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civil law

legal system originating in continental Europe
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Summary

civil law is a legal system[1]. It draws 5,634 Wikipedia views per month (legal system category, ranking #3 of 23).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: type of law[3]
  • Subclass of: law[4]
  • Opposite of: common law[5]
  • Country of origin: continental Europe[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Civil law (legal system)[7]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[8], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9], New International Encyclopedia[10]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[11]

Why It Matters

civil law has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

Civil Code of Japan law

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · Araz Yaquboglu · 2026-07-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Civil law (legal system)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Topic's main category: Category:Civil law (legal system)"
  2. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopædia britannica online id → topic/civil-law-Romano-Germanic
    Instance of → legal system, type of law
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Civil law (legal system)
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007283805505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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