民みん事じ上じょう

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

civil; in civil matters

Used in legal contexts to refer to civil (as opposed to criminal) matters. Typically modifies a noun with の.

• 民みん事じ上じょうの責せき任にんを問とわれる可か能のう性せいがある。

  There is a possibility of being held civilly liable.

• これは民みん事じ上じょうの問もん題だいであって、刑けい事じ事じ件けんではない。

  This is a civil matter, not a criminal case.