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Code Napoléon

[ kawd na-paw-ley-awn ]

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Code Napoléon

/ kɔd napɔleɔ̃ /

the civil code of France, promulgated between 1804 and 1810, comprising the main body of French civil law English nameNapoleonic Code

Bax decides that the logical system and the Code Napoléon is to be introduced after the Socialist revolution.

Active work on the Code Napoléon begun, and part of the civil code promulgated.

In some cases German laws were abolished in favour of the Code Napoléon.

The civil code is a localized modification of the Code Napoléon.

Few Canadians knew anything about the new regime, or took any interest in the "Code Napoléon."

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