Word derived from the Latin language specifically from the word "civīlis". The civil term is an adjective which can be used in different ways, one of which is indicated by the Royal Spanish Academy, referring to everything that is related to citizenship in general, that is, to refer to something or someone that is not It is related to the military or religious sphere, therefore those people who occupy a place in fields related to the ecclesiastical or the military may in a certain way lose the name of civilian.
For its part, in the legal field, the term of civil law is known as that branch of law that deals with everything related to the interests of people in general, that is, their possessions and their legal status. On the other hand, it is said that a civil society is that group of people who have the title of citizens and that most cases tend to act together in order to make decisions regarding the area where the society they represent operates daily, and therefore has no relationship with state organizations, but they should seek a good for the whole of society.
A form of protest that since ancient times has been used as a measure of pressure against the legislation of a state, is the so-called civil disobedience, which can be translated as a peaceful disrespect for orders, that is to say that this type of conduct It encourages the general public to remain against something, but without going to a particular organization. A clear example of this can be shown when a person is called to serve his country in a war and said individual decides not to abide by said order thus exercising civil disobedience, generally this type of behavior is severely punished.
In the military sphere specifically when it is an armed conflict, the term civil war is presented, called that way since it is a conflict in which two or even more groups of citizens confront each other, this type of war is They differ from common wars since in this case the conflict is not between two armies.
