Justinian Code

noun

1. the body of Roman law that was codified and promulgated under Justinian I.

Justinian Code

noun

1. a compilation of Roman imperial law made by order of Justinian I, forming part of the Corpus Juris Civilis

Example Sentences

The Justinian code fixed its animation at forty days after conception.

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Digest, dī′jest, n. a body of laws collected and arranged, esp. the Justinian code of civil laws.

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These excepted, the Justinian code, with some necessary modifications, prevailed.

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“The authenticity of the title receives unanswerable proof from the edicts in the ‘Novellæ’ of the Justinian code.

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There is something truly Oriental in all this, and very little in accordance with the principles of the Justinian code: the promise of Belisarius is considered of more value than the laws of the empire.

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