A systematic collection or digest of laws, esp. those of a country, or those relating to a particular subject; spec. (Roman Law) any of the…

Law. spec. The body of Roman laws compiled from the earlier jurists by order of the Emperor Justinian. (The earliest use in English.)

Roman Law. A compendium in fifty books of Roman civil law, made by order of the emperor Justinian in the 6th cent., systematizing opinions of eminent…

A systematic collection or digest of laws; = code, n. Chiefly with reference to the systematic collection of statutes made for the Roman emperor…

A systematic collection or digest of laws or rules; = code, n. 1 2.

A digest of the laws of Justinian and other emperors, translated from Latin into Greek by command of the emperors Basil and Leo, and constituting…

(neuter plural) = basilics, n.