Civil law jurisdiction

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A jurisdiction whose legal system derives from Roman law, rather than the Common law. Most European jurisdictions (outside Template:Ireland and the UK jurisdictions are civil law jurisdictions. Precedent is less of a thing, and there's a lot more legislation and chat about principles.

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