Civil
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
[Lat. civilis, q. v.] Belonging or relating to, or affecting a person as a citizen (civis.) Relating to, or affecting the rights or duties of a citizen, particularly as between one citizen and another. Relating to the community, or to the policy and government of the citizens and subjects of a state.
Webster.
The meaning of this term will be best understood from its application, as under the following heads.