Basilica

An abridgment of the Corpus Juris Civilis of Justinian, translated into Greek, and first published in the ninth century. BASILS (Lat. basilli).

In old English law. A kind of money or coin abolished by Henry II. Spelman; Cowell.

An abridgment of the Corpus Juris Civilis of Justinian, translated into Greek and first published in the ninth century. The emperor Basilius, finding the Corpus Juri3 Civilis of Justinian too long and obscure, resolved to abridge it, and under his auspices the work was commenced a. d. 807, and proceeded to the fortieth book, which at his death remained unfinished. His son and successor, Leo Philosophus, continued the work, and published it, in sixty books, about the year 880. Constantine Porphyro-genitus, younger brother of Leo, revised the work, rearranged It, and republished it, a. d. 947. From that time the laws of Justinian ceased to have any force in the eastern empire, and the Basilica were the foundation of the law observed there till Constantine XIII., the last of the Greek emperors, under whom, in 1453, Constantinople was taken by Mahomet the Turk, who put an end to the empire and its laws. Histoire de la Jurisprudence; Etienne, Intr. a l'Etude du Droit Romain, § 53. The Basilica were translated into Latin by J. Cujas (Cujacius), Professor of Law in the University of Bourges, and published at Lyons, -2d of January, 1566, in one folio volume. BAS0CHE (Fi\). An association of the "Clercs du Parlement" of Paris, supposed to have been instituted in 1302. It judged all civil and criminal matters that arose among the clerks and all actions brought against them. Hist, for Ready Reference.

gr.-l. A compilation of Greek and Roman law, in the Greek language, made during the latter part of the ninth and the beginning of the tenth centuries, under the superintendence of the Greek

The name given to a compilation of Roman and Greek law, prepared about A. D. 880 by the Emperor Basilius, and published by his successor, Leo the Philosopher. It was written in Greek, was mainly an abridgment of Justinian's Corpus Juris, and comprised sixty books, only a portion of which are extant. It remained the law of the Bastern Empire until the fall of Constantinople, in 1453.

Lat. [horn Qr. Paai Uxa, royal, or ^aadiog, Basil.] A compilation of Roman and Greek law, in the Greek language, made during the latter part of the ninth and the beginning of the tenth centuries, under the superintendence of the Greek emperors of Constantinople. It was first undertaken by Basilius Macedo, (from whom it is supposed by some to derive its name,) and completed by his son Leo Philosophus, who published it as a code, A. D. 887. It consisted of sixty books, embracing tbe whole of Justinian's law collections, as well as the single constitutions issued by him and his successors. About the year 945, the emperor Constantine Porphyrogenitus undertook a new edition of the Basilica, ('^vaxd Oagatg twi' ^aat Xixoiv,) through which the work has been preserved to the present time, although only thirty-six books have reached us complete. 1 Mackeld. Civ. Law, 61, § 75. This Romano-Greek code continued to be of authority imtil after the conquest of Constantinople, and the destruction of the Greek empire by the Turks, A. D. 1463; and even forms at the present day the principal foundation of the private law of Greece. Id. 64, § 77.

civil law. This is derived from a Greek word which juris civilis of Justinian, too long and obscure, resolved to abridge it, and under his auspices the work proceeded to the fortieth book, which at his death, remained unfinished. His son and successor, Leo, the philosopher, continued the work, and published it in sixty books about the year 880. Constantine Porphyrogeneta, younger brother of Leo, revised the work, re-arranged it, and republished it, anno domini 910. From that time the laws of Justinian ceased to have any force in the eastern empire, and the Basilica were the foundation of the law observed there till Constantine XIII., the last of the Greek emperors, under whom in 1453, Constantinople was taken by Mahomet the Turkish emperor, who put an end to the empire and its laws. Histoire de la Jurisprudence; Etienne, Intr. a l'étude du Droit Romain, § LITT. The Basilica were written in Greek.