| NOUN | communication | legal code | a code of laws adopted by a state / state or nation |
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| Meaning | A code of laws adopted by a state / state or nation. | |
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| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
| Narrower | Roman law, Justinian code, civil law, jus civile | The legal code of ancient Rome |
| Salic law | The code of laws of the Salian Franks and other German tribes | |
| United States Code, U. S. Code | A consolidation and codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States | |
| criminal law | The body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment | |
| penal code | The legal code governing crimes and their punishment | |
| Broader | code, codification | A set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones) |
| Spanish | código legal | |
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