CODE

A collection or compendium of laws. A complete system of positive law, scientifically arranged, and promulgated by legislative authority. Johnson v. Harrison, 47 Minn. 575, 50 N. W. 923, 28 Am. St Rep. 882; Railroad Co. v. State, 104 Ga. 831, 31 8. E. 531, 42 I It A. 518; Railroad Co. v. Weiner, 49 Miss. 739. The collection of laws and constitutions made by order of the Emperor Justinian is distinguished by the appellation of “The Code,” by way of eminence. See CODE or JUSTINIAN. A body of law established by the legislative authority, and intended to set forth, in generalised and systematic form, the principles of the entire law, whether written or unwritten, positive or customary, derived from enactment or from precedent Abbott A code is to be distinguished from a digest. Hie subject matter of the latter is usually reported decisions of the courts. But there are also digests of statutes. These consist of an orderly collection and classification of the existing statutes of a state or nation, while a code is promulgated as one new law covering the whole field of jurisprudence. Code civil. The code which embodies the civil law of France. Framed in the first instance by a commission of jurists appointed in 1800. This code, after having passed both the tribunate and the legislative body, was promulgated in 1804 as the “Code Civil des Francais.” When Napoleon became emperor, the name was changed to that of “Code Napoleon,” by which it is still often designated, though it is now officially styled by its original name of “Code Civil.” Code de oommeroe. A French code, enacted in 1807, as a supplement to the Code Napoleon, regulating commercial transactions, the laws of business, bankruptcies, and the jurisdiction and procedure of the courts dealing with these subjects. Code do procedure civil. That part of the Code Napoleon which regulates the system of courts, their organization, civil procedure, special and extraordinary remedies, and the execution of judgments. Code d’instrnotion crimineUe. A French code, enacted in 1808. regulating criminal procedure. Code Napoleon. See CODE CIVIL. Code noir. Fr. The black code. A body of laws which formerly regulated the institution of slavery in the French colonies. Code of Justinian. The Code of Justinian (Codex Justinianeus) was a collection of imperial constitutions, compiled, by order of that emperor, by a commission of ten jurists, including Tribonian, and promulgated A. D. 523. It comprised twelve books, and was the first of the four compilations of law which make np the Corpus Juris Civilis. This name is often met in a connection indicating that the entire Corpus Juris Civilis is intended, or, sometimes, the Digest; but its use should be confined to the Code. Code penal. The penal or criminal code of France, enacted in 1810. Codification. The process of collecting and arranging the laws of a country or state into a code, i.e., into a complete system of positive law, scientifically ordered, and promulgated by legislative authority.