What is "civil order"

Usage examples of "civil order".

We might feel it necessary to take and hold some large towns or cities to free up supply routes or to exert control if civil order began to break down.

We introduce it into the civil order of things, we take the calendar out of the hands of the Church, we purge it of its Christian imagery.

The officers who exercised the power, or attended the person, of the prince, were attired in their richest habits, and arranged according to the military and civil order of the hierarchy.

The police of the nation belonged to him, and he was responsible for civil order in the country&mdash.

The secret of the Prince's assassination would be nothing to the Escobarans--they could hardly dislike the Barrayarans any more than they did already--but the mere rumor of the truth could be devastating to civil order on Barrayar.

Honest, tolerant people had voted for anyone who would restore civil order and avert the threat of war.

Warden replied that unless extremely moderate requests for trained security personnel--not-repeat-not untrained, unreliable, and unfit convicts--were met, he could no longer assure civil order, much less increased quotas.

I think this man must be disruptive to civil order if he stirs up this much support.

But sentiments could change, if civil order is not swiftly restored.

But sentiments could change, if civil order isnot swiftly restored.