HyperDic: jus_civile

English > 1 sense of the expression jus civile:
NOUNcommunicationjus civile, Roman law, Justinian code, civil lawthe legal code of ancient Rome
English > jus civile: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningThe legal code of ancient Rome; codified under Justinian; the basis for many modern systems of civil law.
SynonymsRoman law, Justinian code, civil law
Category ofaddiction(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)
novateReplace with something new, especially an old obligation by a new one
stipulatemake an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force
Broaderlegal codeA code of laws adopted by a state / state or nation
Spanishderecho civil, derecho continental, derecho romano

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