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Codex Theodosianus

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A code compiled by the emperor Theodosius the younger, A. D. 438, being a methodical collection, in sixteen hooks, of all the imperial constitutions then in force. It was the only body of civil law publicly received as authentic in the western part of Europe till the twelfth century, the use and authority of the Code of Justinian being during that interval confined to the Bast. 1 Bl. Comm. 81.

Defined under Codex in Black's Law Dictionary.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A code compiled by the emperor Theodosius the younger, A. D. 438, being a methodical eollection, in sixteen books, of all the imperial constitutions then in force. It was the ouly body of civil law publicly received as authentic in the western part of Europe till the twelfth century, the use and authority of tha Code of Justinian being during that interval confined to the East. 1 Bl. Comm. 81.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

The code of Theodosius. See Code of Theodosius,