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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.
In addition to explicitly titled criminal code legislation there exists in most jurisdictions a further body of legislative or case precedent, the breach of whose conditions may result in criminal proceedings, e.g., Summary Offences Act 1966 (Vic).or example, New South Wales is a common law jurisdiction. The jurisdiction, however, has a range of statutes which create or define criminal offences. The Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) is a central criminal law statute.