Code Napoléon
Americannoun
noun
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The law of France is, virtually, the Code Napoléon.
From The Turquoise Cup, and, the Desert by Smith, Arthur Cosslett
Brought up in exile, unfamiliar with France, Louis Bonaparte had assumed that the bourgeoisie remembered only that the Empire had curbed the Revolution, established social order, and given France the Code Napoléon.
From France in the Nineteenth Century by Latimer, Elizabeth
In particular was the Code Napoléon copied in the Netherlands, the Italian States, and the States of southern and western Germany.
From The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization by Cubberley, Ellwood Patterson
The introduction of the Code Napoléon, with some necessary modifications, replaced a confused medley of local laws and customs, varying from province to province, by a general unified legal system.
From History of Holland by Edmundson, George
The most lasting result of his genius is no military glory, but the Code Napoléon.
From The Pleasures of Life by Lubbock, John, Sir
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