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LEGAL CODE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A code of laws adopted by a state or nation
Example:
a code of laws
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("legal code" is a kind of...):
code; codification (a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones))
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "legal code"):
civil law; jus civile; Justinian code; Roman law (the legal code of ancient Rome; codified under Justinian; the basis for many modern systems of civil law)
Salic law (the code of laws of the Salian Franks and other German tribes)
criminal law (the body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment)
penal code (the legal code governing crimes and their punishment)
U. S. Code; United States Code (a consolidation and codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States; is prepared and published by a unit of the United States House of Representatives)
