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What is a civil service?

What is a civil service? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. In parliamentary forms of government, the branches of government that are not military, legislative, or judicial, but work to apply its laws and regulations.
  2. The body of civilian employees of any level of government, not subject to political appointment and removal, normally hired and promoted largely on the basis of competitive examination.
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His prospects were limited to a low-paid job in the civil service or a low-paid job in military.
He joined the civil service and became record keeper in the principal probate registry, Somerset House.
I am writing to explain the Administration's present thinking on leave-taking and leave accumulation in the civil service.
He promised to make the public administration, the civil service here, run more smoothly, and simplify it.
Women have also risen to senior levels in the civil service but have so far failed to secure a role in politics.
The civil service pension liabilities have a severe impact on fiscal consolidation and fiscal flexibility.

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