civil code

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The civil code would also allow judges to base some rulings on vaguely defined "good morals" -- a provision Human Rights Watch warned would be "opening the door to arbitrary interpretation".

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

The Fresno County Superior Court ruled deputies violated the Bane Act, a civil code meant to protect against threats, intimidation, an inference of threat or coercion.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2025

"Our civil code is more than half a century old," she adds.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2024

The Louisiana civil code already allows parents to rescind contracts signed by unemancipated minors.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2023

And he had books, too; a tattered dictionary and a mauled copy of the California civil code for 1905.

From "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck