Code Napoléon
Americannoun
noun
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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 Carlton J. H. Hayes
It was doubtless largely as a religious offense that the Code Napoléon omitted to punish it.
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion by Havelock Ellis
Few Canadians knew anything about the new regime, or took any interest in the "Code Napoléon."
From The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 by Charles Roger
Homosexual practices in private, between two consenting adult parties, whether men or women, are absolutely unpunished by the Code Napoléon and by French law of today.
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion by Havelock Ellis
The discontent was so widespread indeed that some concessions had to be made, such as the retention of the Code Napoléon.
From German Culture Past and Present by Ernest Belfort Bax
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