Noun
civil code (plural civil codes)
(law) A systematic collection of laws addressing dealings between private parties, such as business contracts and negligence lawsuits.
Waterloo will wipe out the memory of my forty victories; but that which nothing can wipe out is my Civil Code. That will live forever. Napoleon Bonaparte
In Indonesia, where I am from, the Dutch-imposed Civil Code dating back to the colonial 1870s prevailed until the 1974 Law on Marriage granted married women greater rights, including the ability to open individual bank accounts. Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Also in the small state of Goa, a civil code based on the old Portuguese Family Laws was allowed to continue, and Muslim Personal law was prohibited by Nehru. Source: Internet
Gerald Larson states, for example, that Hindu nationalists have sought a uniform civil code, where all citizens are subject to the same laws, everyone has equal civil rights, and individual rights do not depend on the individual's religion. Source: Internet
However, with sharia personal status laws, sharia courts in all these nations have the power to override the civil code. Source: Internet
First page of the 1804 original edition The Napoleonic Code ( French Code Napoléon main, and officially Code civil des Français) is the French civil code established under Napoléon I in 1804. Source: Internet