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civil code — index code Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 civil code …   Law dictionary

Civil Code — Civil Code, = Code Napoléon. (Cf. ↑Code Napoléon) …   Useful english dictionary

Civil code — First page of the 1804 original edition of the Napoleonic code A civil code is a systematic collection of laws designed to comprehensively deal with the core areas of private law. A jurisdiction that has a civil code generally also has a code of… …   Wikipedia

civil code — code governing all legal and judicial matters pertaining to the conduct of a society …   English contemporary dictionary

Civil Code — See Code Civil …   Black's law dictionary

Civil Code — See Code Civil …   Black's law dictionary

civil code — /sɪvəl ˈkoʊd/ (say sivuhl kohd) noun the codified collection of laws which govern all areas of private life and on which civil law is based …   Australian-English dictionary

Civil Code — /ˈsɪvəl koʊd/ (say sivuhl kohd) noun → Code Napoléon …   Australian-English dictionary

civil code —   Kānāwai kīwila …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

Civil Code of Lower Canada — was the civil code in force in Lower Canada from July 1, 1866 to June 30, 1867 and in Quebec from July 1, 1867 to December 31, 1993 [1]. The Code was based on the Napoleonic code and replaced a mixture of French law and English law. The revision… …   Wikipedia

Civil Code of Argentina — Congress building in Buenos Aires, Argentina The Civil Code of Argentina is the legal code which forms the foundation of the system of civil law in Argentina. It was written by Dalmacio Vélez Sársfield, as the culmination of a series of attempts… …   Wikipedia