Corpus Juris
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Lat. A body of law. A term introduced in the middle ages to signify a book comprehending severS collections of law. There are two principal collections to which that appellation is given; the Corpus Juris Civilis, and the Corpus Juris Canonici, (qq. v.)