| NOUN | communication | Justinian code, Roman law, civil law, jus civile | the legal code of ancient Rome |
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| 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, civil law, jus civile | |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| Spanish | derecho civil, derecho continental, derecho romano | |
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