a legal proceeding relating to civil law, as opposed to criminal or (formerly) ecclesiastical law; a plea brought in a civil court, a civil action.
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| 释义 | society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > 			[noun]		 > common or civil proceedings (2)		 civil plea1548 a legal proceeding relating to civil law, as opposed to criminal or (formerly) ecclesiastical law; a plea brought in a civil court, a civil action. Common Pleas1576 In the English legal system: (originally) legal proceedings in which one subject brings an action against another, as distinct from those in which…  | 
	
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