Civil Meaning in French

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1. (a.) Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics; polite; courteous; complaisant; affable.
2. (a.) Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; -- said of the community.
3. (a.) Pertaining to a city or state, or to a citizen in his relations to his fellow citizens or to the state; within the city or state.
4. (a.) Pertaining to civic life and affairs, in distinction from military, ecclesiastical, or official state.
5. (a.) Performing the duties of a citizen; obedient to government; -- said of an individual.
6. (a.) Relating to rights and remedies sought by action or suit distinct from criminal proceedings.

1. () The substitution of business principles and methods for political methods in the conduct of the civil service. esp. the merit system instead of the spoils system in making appointments to office.

1. () In the United States, a commission appointed by the President, consisting of three members, not more than two of whom may be adherents of the same party, which has the control, through examinations, of appointments and promotions in the classified civil service. It was created by act of Jan, 16, 1883 (22 Stat. 403).