Justinian code
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Digest, dī′jest, n. a body of laws collected and arranged, esp. the Justinian code of civil laws.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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
These excepted, the Justinian code, with some necessary modifications, prevailed.
From Pius IX. And His Time by Æneas MacDonell Dawson
The Brehon code, the Justinian code, the Draconian code, were compilations of existing laws; and the same may be said of the common or customary law of England, of France, and of Germany.
From Landholding in England by Joseph Fisher
