Justinian code
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The legal system is said to be based on the Justinian code.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
At this Italian city, in the middle of the twelfth century, a celebrated teacher named Irnerius gathered about him thousands of pupils for the study of the Justinian code.
From Early European History by Hutton Webster
Irnerius followed him five-and-twenty years later and introduced the Justinian code.
From Cathedral Cities of Italy by William Wiehe Collins
The Justinian code fixed its animation at forty days after conception.
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by William Edward Hartpole Lecky
These excepted, the Justinian code, with some necessary modifications, prevailed.
From Pius IX. And His Time by Æneas MacDonell Dawson
