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.
Islamic Sharia law is the world's most widely used religious law. The adjudication of the law is generally divided into two main areas referred to as (i) Criminal law and (ii) Civil law. Criminal law deals with conduct that is considered harmful to social order and in which the guilty party may be imprisoned or fined. Civil law (not to be confused with civil law jurisdictions above) deals with the resolution of lawsuits (disputes) between individuals or organizations.