| n. | 1. | A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest. | |||
| 2. | Any system of rules or regulations relating to one subject;
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| Noun | 1. | code - a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones) Synonyms: codification |
| 2. | code - a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy | |
| 3. | code - (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions Synonyms: computer code | |
| Verb | 1. | code - attach a code to; "Code the pieces with numbers so that you can identify them later" |
| 2. | code - convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the message for security reasons" |
CODE, legislation. Signifies in general a collection of laws. It is a name given by way of eminence to a collection of such laws made by the legislature. Among the most noted may be mentioned the following:
CODE, JUSTINIAN, civil law. A collection of the constitutions of the
emperors, from Adrian to Justinian; the greater part of those from Adrian to
Constantine are mere rescripts; those from Constantine to Justinian are
edicts or laws, properly speaking.
2. The code is divided into twelve books, which are subdivided into
titles, in which the constitutions are collected under proper heads. They
are placed in chronological order, but often disjointed. At the head of each
constitution is placed the name of the emperor who is the author, and that
of the person to whom it is addressed. The date is at the end. Several of
these constitutions, which were formerly in the code were lost, it is
supposed by the neglect of "copyists. Some of them have been restored by
modern authors, among whom may be mentioned Charondas, Cugas, and Contius,
who translated them from Greek, versions.
CODE, OF LOUISIANA. In 1822, Peter Derbigny, Edward Livingston, and Moreau
Lislet, were selected by the legislature to revise and amend the civil code,
and to add to it such laws still in force as were not included therein. They
were authorized to add a system of commercial law, and a code of practice.
The code the prepared having been adopted, was promulgated in 1824, under
the title of the "Civil Code of the State of Louisiana."
2. The code is based on the Code Napoleon, with proper and judicious
modifications, suitable for the state of Louisiana. It is composed of three
books: 1. the first treats of persons; 2. the second of things, and of the
different modifications of property; 3. and the third of the different modes
of acquiring the property of things. It contains 3522 articles, numbered
from the beginning, for the convenience of reference.
3. This code, it is said, contains many inaccurate definitions. The
legislature modified and changed many of the provisions relating to the
positive legislation, but adopted the definitions and abstract doctrines of
the code without material alterations. From this circumstance, as well as
from the inherent difficulty of the subject, the positive provisions of the
code are often at variance with the theoretical part, which was intended to
elucidate them. 13 L. R. 237.
4. This code went into operation on the 20th day of May,. 1825. 11 L.
R. 60. It is in both the French and English languages; and in construing it,
it is a rule that when the expressions used in the French text of the code
are more comprehensive than those used in English, or vice versa, the more
enlarged sense will be taken, as thus full effect will be given to both
clauses. 2 N. S. 582.
CODE, NAPOLEON. The Code Civil of France, enacted into law during the reign of Napoleon, bore his name until the restoration of the Bourbons when it was deprived of that name, and it is now cited Code Civil.
| (software) | code - Instructions for a computer in some programming language, often machine language. The word "code" is often used to distinguish instructions from data (e.g. "The code is marked 'read-only'") whereas "software" is used in contrast with "hardware" and may consist of more than just code. |