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
Equally scornful, Bousgarbi�s' lawyer, Georges Boyer, replied that the Code Napoleon entitles every Frenchman to bring suit in his own city.
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
He sprang up briskly, and unlocking once more the drawer in which he kept his copy of the Code Napoleon, he took out this time a slip of paper.
From Running Water by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
