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corpus juris
[ kawr-puhs joor-is ]
noun
- a compilation of law, or the collected law of a nation, state, etc.
corpus juris
/ ˈdʒʊərɪs /
noun
- a body of law, esp the laws of a nation or state
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Word History and Origins
Origin of corpus juris1
1825–35; < Late Latin: literally, body of law
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Word History and Origins
Origin of corpus juris1
from Late Latin, literally: a body of law
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Example Sentences
In the corpus juris civilis there are two passages which deserve especial attention.
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Arranged in five books, it forms the second part of the Corpus juris canonici.
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But with Justinian, who codified the laws in his Corpus juris, the Hellenizing of the legal language also began.
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The classifications of crimes which are231 contained even in the Corpus Juris of Justinian are remarkably capricious.
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Ostensibly it is the corpus juris of the Jews from about the first century before the Christian era to about the fourth after it.
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