(law) A systematic collection of laws addressing dealings between private parties, such as business contracts and negligence lawsuits.

(historical) Hurrian kingdom in northern Mesopotamia from circa 1500 B.C.E., at the height of its power, during the 14th century BC, encompassing what is today southeastern Turkey, northern Syria a...

present participle of overwithhold

(intransitive, Australia, dated, in Aboriginal culture) To place a curse on another person by pointing a bone at that person; to curse by performing a magic ritual.