Justinian code
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The Brehon code, the Justinian code, the Draconian code, were compilations of existing laws; and the same may be said of the common or customary law of England, of France, and of Germany.
From Landholding in England by Fisher, Joseph, the younger, of Youghal
The Justinian code fixed its animation at forty days after conception.
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
“The authenticity of the title receives unanswerable proof from the edicts in the ‘Novellæ’ of the Justinian code.
From A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse by Bliss, Sylvester
The legal system is said to be based on the Justinian code.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
Digest, dī′jest, n. a body of laws collected and arranged, esp. the Justinian code of civil laws.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
