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Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

In French law. A collection and code of the laws and ordinances promulgated by the kings of the Merovingian and Carlovingian dynasties. Any orderly and systematic collection or code of laws.

In ecclesiastical law

A collection of laws and ordinances orderly arranged by divisions. A book containing the beginning and end of each Gospel which is to be read every day in the ceremony of saying mass. Du Cange.