civil

adjective | \ ˈsi-vəl \ | civ·il

1. : concerning, befitting, or applying to individual citizens or to citizens as a whole a civil duty — see also civil right

2. : marked by public order : peaceable in behavior

3. : of or relating to a legal system based on Roman law as opposed to the English common law

4. : relating to private rights and to judicial proceedings in connection with them; especially : relating to legal matters other than those characterized as criminal a civil action a civil infraction : relating to legal matters other than those characterized as criminal a civil action a civil infraction

5. : defined by law : legal a civil disability

6. : of, relating to, or involving the general public, their activities, needs, ways, or civic affairs as distinguished from special (as military or religious) affairs the civil authorities the civil service