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.
a civil officer charged with the administration of the law. 2. a minor judicial officer, as a justice of the peace or the judge of a police court, having jurisdiction to try minor criminal cases and to conduct preliminary examinations of persons charged with serious crimes.