civil
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But the government—with a feeble military, weak economy and fear of stoking internal conflict like the 1975-90 civil war—lacks enforcement capabilities.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
A spendthrift trust is irrevocable and designed to protect a beneficiary’s inheritance from creditors, civil lawsuits resulting from an alleged $100,000 bank fraud and/or, as importantly, their own financial irresponsibility.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026
The criminal case follows a 2023 civil defamation case, in which a judge found - on the balance of probabilities - there was "substantial truth" to some of the murder claims against Roberts-Smith.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
The family’s civil attorney, Peter Carr, questioned the rationale behind Hochman’s move to dismiss, arguing prosecutors had been “shifting justification for a pre-determined conclusion” across multiple filings.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
He won over all their followers who were noblemen, making them his own noblemen and giving them huge subsidies; and he honoured them, according to their rank, with military commands and civil appointments.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
Vocabulary lists containing civil
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" (1863)
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"Of Mice and Men"
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