Code Napoléon
Americannoun
noun
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Brought up in exile, unfamiliar with France, Louis Bonaparte had assumed that the bourgeoisie remembered only that the Empire had curbed the Revolution, established social order, and given France the Code Napoléon.
From France in the Nineteenth Century by Latimer, Elizabeth
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 Ellis, Havelock
The law of France is, virtually, the Code Napoléon.
From The Turquoise Cup, and, the Desert by Smith, Arthur Cosslett
The Loi le Chappelier forbade unions of workers and of masters, and the Code Napoléon imposed a penalty of imprisonment on those engaging in unlawful combinations.
From Socialism and Democracy in Europe by Orth, Samuel P.
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.
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