Code Napoleon
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The Code Napoleon put Haro out of business in Normandy proper, but in Channel Islands law the Clameur de Haro still had the force of law and "Haro being called, the enterprise must cease."
From Time Magazine Archive
Soon the pious Abb� and the impetuous atheist felt the cold, im partial rigor of the Code Napoleon.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nor is her appetite stimulated by a legal complication possible in Louisiana whose laws are based on the Code Napoleon.
From Time Magazine Archive
Inside, three costumed judges bravely subdued their grins, prepared to try the defamation of Napoleon under the Code Napoleon.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not that the movement is unnecessary there; on the contrary, the legal status of woman is regulated by the Code Napoleon, hence there is decided need for reform.
From The Modern Woman's Rights Movement A Historical Survey by Schirmacher, Kaethe
