âº âwild and âevil: He had a demonic (= âcruel) âgleam in his âeye. demonically adverb uk /-ËmÉn.Éª.kÉl.i/ us /-ËmÉË.nÉª-/. adverb uk /-ËmÉn.Éª.kÉl.i/ us /-ËmÉË.nÉª-/. (Definition of demonic from the Cambridge Advanced Learnerâs Dictionary & Thesaurus Â© Cambridge University Press).
The second meaning of civil law refers to the body of laws governing disputes between individuals, as opposed to those governing offenses that are public and relate to the governmentâthat is, civil law as opposed to Criminal Law.
In general, legal systems can be split between civil law and common law systems. The term civil law referring to a legal system should not be confused with civil law as a group of legal subjects distinct from criminal or public law.nternational law can refer to three things: public international law, private international law or conflict of laws and the law of supranational organisations. 1  Public international law concerns relationships between sovereign nations.