legal code
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Together, these two pieces of legislation made illegal many forms of sex discrimination that were not only commonly accepted in the U.S. but also in some cases written into the legal code.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025
In fact, it was copied from California’s legal code, one of many such laws passed by states and territories in the 1860s and ’70s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2024
Not to King Louis XIII, who formerly authorized the slave trade in 1642, or his son, the Sun King, who introduced slavery’s legal code, both of whose remains are buried inside the gothic building.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2024
From the start, defense lawyers have asserted that the Vatican City State’s legal code has deprived their clients of basic rights afforded defendants in other modern countries.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 22, 2023
In the case of Peugeot SA the crucial story was the French legal code, as written by the French parliament.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
