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

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

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2024

Her state’s civil code, she noted, does not allow companies to sign contracts with minors without parental consent.

From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2023

Under the 1898 civil code, a couple must adopt “the surname of the husband or wife” at the time of marriage — which experts say is the only such legislation in the world.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 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