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Code Napoléon definition

Code Na·po·léon (kō̂d nȧ pō̂ lā ōn′)

the Napoleonic Code, the body of French civil law enacted in 1804: the model for the civil codes of many nations

Etymology: Fr

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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