Savigny

/ ˈsavɪɲɪ /

noun

1. SavignyFriedrich Karl von17791861MGermanLAW: legal scholar Friedrich Karl von (ˈfridrɪç ˈkɑl fɔn). 1779–1861, German legal scholar, who pioneered the historical approach to jurisprudence, emphasizing custom and precedent

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Savigny and his school represented the conservative, historical tendency.

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German lawyer, a friend of Savigny, and an authority on jurisprudence.

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M. de Savigny alone cast himself into the water, and swam among the waves, which were like small mountains.

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Sentence pronounced by the judge of Savigny on Jan. 1457, condemning to death an infanticidal sow.

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The cavalcade halted at Thouars, and lay the night in a convent of the Order of Savigny.

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