corpus juris

[ kawr-puhs joor-is ]

noun

1. a compilation of law, or the collected law of a nation, state, etc.

corpus juris

/ ˈdʒʊərɪs /

noun

1. a body of law, esp the laws of a nation or state

Word History and Origins

Origin of corpus juris¹

1825–35; < Late Latin: literally, body of law

Word History and Origins

Origin of corpus juris¹

from Late Latin, literally: a body of law

Example Sentences

In the corpus juris civilis there are two passages which deserve especial attention.

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Arranged in five books, it forms the second part of the Corpus juris canonici.

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But with Justinian, who codified the laws in his Corpus juris, the Hellenizing of the legal language also began.

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The classifications of crimes which are231 contained even in the Corpus Juris of Justinian are remarkably capricious.

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Ostensibly it is the corpus juris of the Jews from about the first century before the Christian era to about the fourth after it.

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