legal code

/ˌligəl koʊd/

Other forms: legal codes

Definitions of legal code

1. noun

   a code of laws adopted by a state or nation
   types:

   Justinian code, Roman law, civil law, jus civile

   the legal code of ancient Rome; codified under Justinian; the basis for many modern systems of civil law

   Salic law

   the code of laws of the Salian Franks and other German tribes

   criminal law

   the body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment

   penal code

   the legal code governing crimes and their punishment

   U. S. Code, United States Code

   a consolidation and codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States; is prepared and published by a unit of the United States House of Representatives

   type of:

   code, codification

   a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones)