The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7Grolier, 1988 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... civil - law ( as distinguished from com- mon - law ) systems . The Byzantine maritime code of Leo III ( 8th century ) ... civil code . Adopted in 36 statutes successively enacted , it was formally consolidated as a single Code Civil ...
... civil - law ( as distinguished from com- mon - law ) systems . The Byzantine maritime code of Leo III ( 8th century ) ... civil code . Adopted in 36 statutes successively enacted , it was formally consolidated as a single Code Civil ...
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... civil code based upon the Code Napoléon . In 1836 a Mas- sachusetts commission under Joseph Story recom- mended codification of the state's common law , but its report was not adopted . In New York , largely because of David Dudley ...
... civil code based upon the Code Napoléon . In 1836 a Mas- sachusetts commission under Joseph Story recom- mended codification of the state's common law , but its report was not adopted . In New York , largely because of David Dudley ...
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... civil cases are concerned , the jury has all but disappeared . During World War II , when England was suffering from an acute shortage of manpower , temporary restrictions were placed on the use of juries in civil cases . Later they ...
... civil cases are concerned , the jury has all but disappeared . During World War II , when England was suffering from an acute shortage of manpower , temporary restrictions were placed on the use of juries in civil cases . Later they ...
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