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Corpus Juris
/ˈkɔɹpəs ˈdʒɜrəs/
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What does Corpus Juris mean?
noun
- The entire body of laws of a jurisdiction or of a particular court.
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For the saving clause inderted by the bishops in the statute of James I, see the Corpus Juris Eccles.
In the majority of the smaller states, in a part of Bavaria, Rügen, eastern Pomerania, Schleswig-Holstein, the Corpus Juris Civilis of Justinian is in force, while the Napoleonic code obtains in Rhenish Prussia, Hesse, and Bavaria, in Baden, Berg, Alsace-Lorraine.
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On the other hand, I am inclined to think that the importance of the Roman civil law has been exaggerated, and that the spirit of the corpus juris springs from social and economic conditions so different from our own that we can no longer feel bound to submit to its tyranny.