The legal code of ancient Rome; codified under Justinian; the basis for many modern systems of civil law.
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Examples for "Roman law"
Examples for "Roman law"
1It is against Roman law to execute a female virgin, he said.
2The technical ingenuities of Roman law were exhausted to shield the culprit.
3The Roman law regarded an excommunicated citizen as civilis mortuus, legally dead.
4The Greek edicts and novels of Justinian's successors are mainly Roman law.
5Development of the idea of contract in Roman law; mediaeval charters
1The legal system is said to be based on the Justinian code.
2The Justinian code -the system of law she developed with Justinian, her husband and co-ruler -underpins much of European law.
3The importance of the Justinian Code, however, is not that of mere history.
4The law was finally adjusted in the Justinian Code, by a compromise permitting six per cent.
5A new code of laws was made by great jurists, on the principles of the Justinian Code.
1The age of majority for most civil law purposes is 18 years.
2But even then, ecclesiastical law and civil law were never quite one.
3I tried to make the distinction between civil law and religious law.
4Bulloch can be considered as the creator of civil law in Penguinia.
5The civil law has absolutely nothing to say on the marriage question.
Translations for jus civile