Code Napoléon

American  

[kawd na-paw-ley-awn] / kɔd na pɔ leɪˈɔ̃ /

noun

1. the civil code of France, enacted in 1804 and officially designated in 1807.

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Code Napoléon British  

/ kɔd napɔleɔ̃ /

noun

1. English name: Napoleonic Code.  the civil code of France, promulgated between 1804 and 1810, comprising the main body of French civil law

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Example Sentences

In all the lands annexed to France or included within the radius of Napoleon's direct influence, the forms and rights of feudalism and serfdom were abolished, and the social equalities embodied Code Napoléon were guaranteed.

From A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. by Hayes, Carlton J. H.

No, there was only one example of the perfect style, and that was the Code Napoléon; for there alone everything was subordinated to the exact and complete expression of what was to be said.

From Books and Characters French and English by Strachey, Giles Lytton

This prince sought to emulate the changes which had recently been made in France by dividing Cöthen into two departments and introducing the Code Napoléon.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 by Various

The obligatory civil marriage law introduced by the Revolution in 1792, obtained place in the Code Napoléon in 1804, and was with it introduced in Belgium and the provinces of the Rhine.117 2.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.

In particular was the Code Napoléon copied in the Netherlands, the Italian States, and the States of southern and western Germany.

From The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization by Cubberley, Ellwood Patterson