corpus juris
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of corpus juris
1825–35; < Late Latin: literally, body of law
Example Sentences
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In the corpus juris civilis there are two passages which deserve especial attention.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham
Ostensibly it is the corpus juris of the Jews from about the first century before the Christian era to about the fourth after it.
From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various
The so-called glossa ordinaria had in Luther's time an authority almost equal to that of the corpus juris itself.
From Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) by Luther, Martin
In the corpus juris amoris matrimony was held to be incompatible with love and pseudo-platonism, going a step further, eliminated even the possibility of it.
From Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern by Saltus, Edgar
True judicial courts, whether in times of peace or of revolution, seldom fail to be a substantial protection to the weak, because they enforce an established corpus juris and conduct trials by recognized forms.
From The Theory of Social Revolutions by Adams, Brooks
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