civil
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Presenting its third-quarter results, the Dutch firm said it had "reached an agreement in principle with the US Department of Justice to resolve the previously disclosed criminal and civil investigations related to the... recall."
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
From historical tax protests such as Shays’s Rebellion and the Whiskey Rebellion in the 18th century to the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020, civil strife has continually tested American institutions and left them standing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Unlike in civil cases, a criminal defendant’s first chance to test the evidence itself comes before the jury.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026
This isn’t out of the ordinary, either — a Bankrate survey earlier this year found that 62% of couples who are married, in a civil partnership or living together keep at least some accounts separate.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
Principalities of this type are usually endangered when they are about to change from a civil government into an absolute form of government.
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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