Meaning | The legal code of ancient Rome; codified under Justinian; the basis for many modern systems of civil law. |
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Synonyms | Roman law, Justinian code, civil law |
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Category of | addiction | (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) |
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novate | Replace with something new, especially an old obligation by a new one |
stipulate | make an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force |
Broader | legal code | A code of laws adopted by a state / state or nation |
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Spanish | derecho civil, derecho continental, derecho romano |
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