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civil law

as a branch of law, civil law regulates non-criminal legal relationships between individuals, including both natural and legal persons
Intangible area_of_law Q222249
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Summary

civil law is an area of law[1]. It draws 2,877 Wikipedia views per month (area of law category, ranking #16 of 72).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: type of law[3]
  • Subclass of: law[4]
  • Part of: private law[5]
  • Commons category: Civil law (common law)[6]
  • Opposite of: criminal law[7]
  • Has part(s): civil code[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Civil law (common law)[9]
  • Described at URL: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privatrecht#Allgemeines_Privatrecht[10]
  • Described by source: Encyclopedia of Political Theory[11], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[13]
  • Wikimedia outline: outline of civil law[14]

Why It Matters

civil law has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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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. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10w ago · Superraptor123 · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → area of law, type of law
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Instance of: academic discipline"
  2. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → civil-law
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: civil-law, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289923833|civil law (#289923833)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix"
  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0000062-obcanske-pravo
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0000062-obcanske-pravo, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Q4122235
    Subclass of → law
    Pronunciation audio → De-Zivilrecht.ogg
    Opposite of → criminal law
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007283806505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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