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Napoleonic Code

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Napoleonic Code
n
(Law) the English name for the Code Napoléon


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Regardless of Napoleonic code, Marie Antoinette in 1793 appeared wearing shoes of two inches to the scaffold.
We got here in the state of Louisiana what's known as the Napoleonic code.
You also have one state, Louisiana, which litigates according to the Napoleonic code, which has its roots in France, and 49 other states that judge eases based on common law, which has its roots in England.
 
 
 
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