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Justinian code

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civil law
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The Justinian Code decided legal questions that regulated whole areas of Byzantine life.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

The panel created a single, uniform code known as the Justinian Code.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

The Justinian Code of the Byzantine Empire, for example, denied church sanctuary primarily to criminals convicted of high treason or sacrilege.

From Time Magazine Archive

Of his many great projects, only two fully succeeded: the Justinian Code and the building of the magnificent Church of St. Sophia.

From Time Magazine Archive

Led astray by the principles of the Justinian Code, Frederic dreams of the renewal of the brilliant Roman empire in its complete and most deceitful form.

From Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. by Bolanden, Conrad von