private law
Legal term referring to the body of law governing relationships between private individuals or entities, as opposed to public law (公法).
The field of private law includes civil law and commercial law.
This issue constitutes a breach of contract under private law.
private corporation; private incorporated body
private international law; conflict of laws
private international law; conflict of laws
Compound of 私 (private) and 法 (law). The term is a direct conceptual borrowing from Western legal terminology, established in the modern Japanese legal system.