Civilian
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A doctor, professor, or student of the civil law. CI VI LIS (Lat. from civis, a citizen). Civil, as distinguished from criminal. Civilis actio, a civil action. Bracton, fols. 101b, 102. Civilis causa, a civil cause. Id. Placita civilia, civil pleas. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 1, § 25. Injwnae civiles, civil injuries. Id. § 5. I Civil, belonging to a eivitas or state; jus civile, civil law, the particular law of a state, as distinguished from jus gentium, the common law of nations. Inst. 1. 2. 1. 2.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A doctor, professor, or student of the civil law.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
A person skilled or versed in the civil law; a dootoi-, professor or student of the civil law; a writer on the civil law.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
One who is skilled or versed in the civil law. A doctor, professor, or student of the civil law. Also a private citizen, as distinguished from such as belong to the army and navy or (in England) the church.