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Definition of Legal code
1. Noun. A code of laws adopted by a state or nation. "A code of laws"
Generic synonyms: Code, Codification
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Definition of Legal code
1. Noun. (legal) All the official laws of a country or state ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Legal Code
Literary usage of Legal code
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Textbook in the History of Modern Elementary Education: With Emphasis on by Samuel Chester Parker (1912)
"Fundamental Prussian legal code (1794) defined schools as state institutions.— Under
Frederick the Great was begun the codification of the fundamental ..."
2. A Textbook in the History of Modern Elementary Education: With Emphasis on by Samuel Chester Parker (1912)
"Fundamental Prussian legal code (1794) defined schools as state institutions.
— Under Frederick the Great was begun the codification of the fundamental ..."
3. The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick (1901)
"... and ask which is prior, the answer would seem to be difl'erent in respect of
diU'erent parts of the legal code. generally endeavour to observe, ..."
4. Notes on Sovereignty from the Standpoint of the State and of the World by Robert Lansing (1921)
"THE LAW OF NATIONS, A COMPLETE legal code Until the time is ripe for the
establishment of a central government to announce, interpret, and enforce World Law ..."
5. Connecticut as a Colony and as a State: Or, One of the Original Thirteen by Bartlett, Ellen Strong, Hart, Samuel, 1845-1917, Holmes, Frank R, Morgan, Forrest, b. 1852, Trumbull, Jonathan, 1844- (1904)
"... applied to the supposed legal code of New Haven Colony during its brief
existence, has its chief currency (though not, as generally supposed, ..."
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