civil code

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The Fresno County Superior Court ruled deputies violated the Bane Act, a civil code meant to protect against threats, intimidation, an inference of threat or coercion.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2025

If approved, the church will be the first to lose its legal status under a civil code violation.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 11, 2023

The legal system was overhauled to focus on a civil code like those of other European countries rather than on Islamic law.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

The compensation-for-housework measure was included in a new civil code that went into effect last year.

From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2022

And he had books, too; a tattered dictionary and a mauled copy of the California civil code for 1905.

From "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck