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JUS CIVILE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The legal code of ancient Rome; codified under Justinian; the basis for many modern systems of civil law
Synonyms:
civil law; jus civile; Justinian code; Roman law
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("jus civile" is a kind of...):
legal code (a code of laws adopted by a state or nation)
Domain member category:
addiction ((Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master)
novate (replace with something new, especially an old obligation by a new one)
stipulate (make an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force)
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