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Corpus juris civilis |
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[Latin, The body of the civil law.] The name given in the early seventeenth century to the collection of Civil Law based upon the compilation and Codification of the Roman system of Jurisprudence directed by the Emperor Justinian I during the years from 528 to 534 a.d. CORPUS JURIS CIVILIS. The body of the civil law. This, is the name given to a collection of the civil law, consisting of Justinian's Institutes, the Pandects or Digest, the Code, and the Novels. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Acting Chief Justice Gorman Huston has approved the display, which also features other sources of Western law, among them the Magna Carta, the Code of Justinian and the U. It was an idea that molded Roman law, culminating in the great code of Justinian. Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, the Magna Carta, and the Code of Justinian. |
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