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civils

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/ ˈsɪvəlz /

plural noun

  1. (functioning as singular) (esp. in names of companies) civil engineering

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Douarche, Les tribunaux civils de Paris pendant la R�volution.

From Baron D'Holbach : a Study of Eighteenth Century Radicalism in France by Cushing, Max Pearson

For the convois civils, where there is no official religious service, the price varies from eighteen hundred and fifty to twenty-four hundred francs for the first class to nine francs for the ninth.

From Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2 by Walton, William

Le Prince Gortchacow rappelle les observations qu'il a pr�sent�, dans une pr�c�dente s�ance, � propos des droits politiques et civils des Isra�lites en Roumanie.

From Notes on the Diplomatic History of the Jewish Question by Wolf, Lucien

L'exercice des droits civils ou politiques ne peut être restreint par des prescriptions ou des conditions de nature ecclésiastique ou religieuse, quelles qu'elles soient.

From The New Irish Constitution by Morgan, J. H.

The excuse, of course, was here as at Senlis—"les civils ont tiré!"

From Towards the Goal by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

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