legal code

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Judge Daniel M. Crowley called Jonasson’s argument “untenable” and in conflict with the intention of the state’s legal code in his dismissal document.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025

Legislation I am introducing with Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly will bring our legal code into the 21st century.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025

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

“It is not a short list,” the forewoman, Emily Kohrs, said, adding that the jury had appended eight pages of legal code “that we cited at various points in the report.”

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 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