单词 | napoleonic code |
释义 | > as lemmasNapoleonic code Napoleonic code n. (also with capital initial in the second element) [after French code Napoléon (1807; earlier entitled Code civil des français; compare also Italian Codice di Napoleone il Grande pel regno d'Italia (1806))] a legal code established by Napoleon I and based on Roman law, which was introduced in 1804 and still constitutes the French civil law code; (also in extended use) any of a number of other legal systems which are derived from this, such as the civil codes of Louisiana and Quebec. ΚΠ 1830 W. Wordsworth Let. Aug. (1979) V. 317 I cannot conceive how an hereditary monarchy can exist, without an hereditary Peerage..if the Law of the Napoleon Code compelling equal division of property by will, be not repealed.] 1855 Harper's Mag. Feb. 310/2 A magnificent portrait of Napoleon, representing the Emperor pointing to the immortal Napoleonic code. 1910 Amer. Hist. Rev. 15 610 The decrees of Joseph..on the attempted introduction of the Napoleonic code [to Spain]. 1947 T. Williams Streetcar named Desire ii. 36 In the state of Louisiana we have the Napoleonic code, according to which what belongs to the wife belongs to the husband and vice versa. 1993 N.Y. Times 19 Dec. i. 18/1 As in other European countries, the Russian court system is based on the Napoleonic Code. 2002 Law & Hist. Rev. 20 396 They quietly but methodically embraced French jurisprudential style and organization without abandoning ‘Roman law’ and without swallowing the substantive contents of the Napoleonic Code. < as lemmas |
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