This dispute was seen by the majority as a religious rather than a civil matter.

Refusal to pay all or some of the bill in both countries is a civil matter if you provide your name and address on leaving.

We don't get involved with something like that, a civil matter.

The judgment left abortion a civil matter of personal choice.

The officials also said it was a civil matter, not a criminal one.

Police told them they were powerless to act as it was a civil matter.

This is not a civil matter but a criminal one.

This should always have been a civil matter - not criminal.

They maintain that the issue is a civil matter, not criminal.

At most its a contract violation, which is a civil matter.