| civil law - Columbia Encyclopedia® article about civil law (1345 words) |
 | Civil law is based on written legal codes, a hallmark of the Roman legal system, in which disputes were settled by reference to a written legal code arrived at through legislation, edicts, and the like; common law is based on the precedents created by judicial decisions over time. |
| The traditional civil law decision states the applicable provision from the code or from a relevant statute statute, in law, a formal, written enactment by the authorized powers of a state. |
| Nevertheless, civil law influenced the common law in the fields of admiralty law, testamentary law, and domestic relations, and civil law became part of the basis for the system of equity equity, principles of justice originally developed by the English chancellor. |
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