cywilnoprawna

Cywilnoprawna is an adjective used in Polish to describe matters related to civil law (prawo cywilne). It denotes private-law relations and norms governing them, as opposed to public-law branches such as administrative or criminal law. The feminine form cywilnoprawna agrees with the noun it modifies (for example, norma cywilnoprawna, instytucja cywilnoprawna).

Civil law in Poland covers several broad areas. The general part provides basic rules about persons, legal acts, and time limits; the law of obligations governs contracts and non-contractual obligations; property law concerns ownership and related rights; family and guardianship law regulates marriage, kinship, divorce, and child care; and inheritance law deals with succession and wills. Civil-law norms are applied by civil courts and are complemented by civil procedure rules that govern how disputes are resolved in court.

Common civil-law terms are frequently used with the adjective cywilnoprawna. Examples include odpowiedzialność cywilnoprawna (civil liability), stosunki cywilnoprawne (private-law relationships), and normy cywilnoprawne (civil-law norms). The term is also used in phrases describing instruments and institutions, such as umowy cywilnoprawne (civil-law contracts) or czynności cywilnoprawne (civil-law acts).

In contrast to prawo cywilne, which denotes the entire branch, the modifier cywilnoprawna typically refers to the private-law character of a rule, institution, or relation. The distinction is part of the broader division between civil law and other branches like criminal or administrative law in the Polish legal system.