civil death vs legal status

civil death and legal status both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
civil death	Yes	No	No	No
legal status	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, legal status is a hypernym of civil death; that is, legal status is a word with a broader meaning than civil death:

civil death: the legal status of a person who is alive but who has been deprived of the rights and privileges of a citizen or a member of society; the legal status of one sentenced to life imprisonment
legal status: a status defined by law

civil death (noun)	legal status (noun)
cancellation of civil rights	a status defined by law
the legal status of a person who is alive but who has been deprived of the rights and privileges of a citizen or a member of society; the legal status of one sentenced to life imprisonment