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 Webster, Hutton

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 Lecky, William Edward Hartpole

There is something truly Oriental in all this, and very little in accordance with the principles of the Justinian code: the promise of Belisarius is considered of more value than the laws of the empire.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 by Various

Irnerius followed him five-and-twenty years later and introduced the Justinian code.

From Cathedral Cities of Italy by Collins, William Wiehe