Justinian Code

American  

noun

1. the body of Roman law that was codified and promulgated under Justinian I.

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Justinian Code British  

noun

1. a compilation of Roman imperial law made by order of Justinian I, forming part of the Corpus Juris Civilis

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Example Sentences

The Justinian Code decided legal questions that regulated whole areas of Byzantine life.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

The panel created a single, uniform code known as the Justinian Code.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

Of his many great projects, only two fully succeeded: the Justinian Code and the building of the magnificent Church of St. Sophia.

From Time Magazine Archive

Eliot has always operated on the principle that the critic should erect his personal tastes into law, and in this book he lays down a kind of Justinian Code of poetic greatness.

From Time Magazine Archive

The codification of the Roman Law, or the formation of the Justinian Code.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 by Various