Definition of civil

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Civil (a.) Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; -- said of the community.

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Misjoinder :: Misjoinder (n.) An incorrect union of parties or of causes of action in a procedure, criminal or civil..
Dixie :: Dixie (n.) A colloquial name for the Southern portion of the United States, esp. during the Civil War..
Suit :: Suit (n.) The attempt to gain an end by legal process; an action or process for the recovery of a right or claim; legal application to a court for justice; prosecution of right before any tribunal; as, a civil suit; a criminal suit; a suit in chancery..
Courtesy :: Courtesy (n.) An act of civility or respect; an act of kindness or favor performed with politeness.
Anarchist :: Anarchist (n.) An anarch; one who advocates anarchy of aims at the overthrow of civil government.
Civilian :: Civilian (n.) One whose pursuits are those of civil life, not military or clerical..
Attach :: Attach (v. t.) To take by legal authority: (a) To arrest by writ, and bring before a court, as to answer for a debt, or a contempt; -- applied to a taking of the person by a civil process; being now rarely used for the arrest of a criminal. (b) To seize or take (goods or real estate) by virtue of a writ or precept to hold the same to satisfy a judgment which may be rendered in the suit. See Attachment, 4..
Honor :: Honor (n.) A title applied to the holders of certain honorable civil offices, or to persons of rank; as, His Honor the Mayor. See Note under Honorable..
Civilization :: Civilization (n.) Rendering a criminal process civil.
Magistrate :: Magistrate (n.) A person clothed with power as a public civil officer; a public civil officer invested with the executive government, or some branch of it..
Favor :: Favor (n.) A letter or epistle; -- so called in civility or compliment; as, your favor of yesterday is received..
Civilizable :: Civilizable (a.) Capable of being civilized.
Goodman :: Goodman (n.) A familiar appellation of civility, equivalent to My friend, Good sir, Mister; -- sometimes used ironically..
Hende :: Hende (a.) Friendly; civil; gentle; kind.
Conge :: Conge (n.) The customary act of civility on any occasion; a bow or a courtesy.
Fair :: Fair (adv.) Clearly; openly; frankly; civilly; honestly; favorably; auspiciously; agreeably.
Reconstruction :: Reconstruction (n.) The act or process of reorganizing the governments of the States which had passed ordinances of secession, and of reestablishing their constitutional relations to the national government, after the close of the Civil War..
Spirit :: Spirit (v. t.) To animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit; as, civil dissensions often spirit the ambition of private men; -- sometimes followed by up..
Metropolitan :: Metropolitan (n.) A bishop whose see is civil metropolis. His rank is intermediate between that of an archbishop and a patriarch.
Incivility :: Incivility (n.) The quality or state of being uncivil; want of courtesy; rudeness of manner; impoliteness.
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