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However, within these countries, Louisiana, Quebec, and Puerto Rico exhibit the influence of French and Spanish settlers in their use of civil law systems. In the United States, the term civil law has two meanings. One meaning of civil law refers to a legal system prevalent in Europe that is based on written codes. Civil law in this sense is contrasted with the common-law system used in England and most of the United States, which relies on prior case law to resolve disputes rather than written codes.
Criminal law is to be distinguished from civil law..    Criminal law covers rules and statutes that define certain behavior  and conduct illegal. A person can be charged and if found guilty of  a serious crime, can go to prison.riminal law is the body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment. There are still areas where things are not in the actual laws. An example is that in the State of Michigan, the definition of murder is not codified, it relies on the common law definition.