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Justinian code

noun
1.
The legal code of ancient Rome; codified under Justinian; the basis for many modern systems of civil law.  Synonyms: civil law, jus civile, Roman law.






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... Transfiguration, Michael Angelo had raised the dome of St. Peter's, Giacomo della Porta had ornamented the Vatican with mosaics, Copernicus had taught the true centre of planetary motion, Dumoulin had introduced into French jurisprudence the principles of the Justinian code, Ariosto had published the "Orlando Furioso," Cervantes had written "Don Quixote," Spenser had dedicated his "Fairy Queen," Shakspeare had composed his immortal dramas, Hooker had devised his "Ecclesiastical Polity," Cranmer had published ...
— Beacon Lights of History, Volume VI • John Lord



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