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JUSTINIAN CODE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Justinian code mean? 

JUSTINIAN CODE (noun)
  The noun JUSTINIAN CODE has 1 sense:

1. the legal code of ancient Rome; codified under Justinian; the basis for many modern systems of civil lawplay

  Familiarity information: JUSTINIAN CODE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


JUSTINIAN CODE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The legal code of ancient Rome; codified under Justinian; the basis for many modern systems of civil law

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

civil law; jus civile; Justinian code; Roman law

Hypernyms ("Justinian code" is a kind of...):

legal code (a code of laws adopted by a state or nation)

Domain member category:

addiction ((Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master)

novate (replace with something new, especially an old obligation by a new one)

stipulate (make an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force)


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