jus civile

jus civile

(sɪˈviːlɪ) n1. (Law) the civil law of the Roman state2. (Law) the body of law derived from the principles of this law. Compare jus gentium, jus naturale

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jus civile - the legal code of ancient Rome; codified under Justinian; the basis for many modern systems of civil lawJustinian code, Roman law, civil lawaddiction - (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; "under Roman law addiction was the justification for slavery"legal code - a code of laws adopted by a state or nation; "a code of laws"novate - replace with something new, especially an old obligation by a new onestipulate - make an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force