civil code

collocation in English

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civil
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪv.əl/us
/ˈsɪv.əl/
not military or religious, or relating to the ordinary people of ...
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code
noun
uk
/kəʊd/us
/koʊd/
a system of words, letters, or signs used to represent a message in secret form, or a system of numbers, letters, or signals used to represent something in a shorter or more ...
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(Definition ofcivilandcodefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The 1878 recommendations for the 1882civilcodeincluded a change in the meaning of inheritance.
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The newcivilcoderemoved these and similar discriminatory clauses that disempowered women in relation to their husbands.
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The 1870civilcodedefined the degree of relationship of certain categories of kin to a householder.
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Thecivilcodecountries view things differently.
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Women were excluded from inheritance as well as asset formation under the pre-warcivilcode, and such gender discrimination has been perpetuated.
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Another limitation is the absence of any discussion of dissent among women's groups concerning the content of the revisions demanded in thecivilcode.
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The system did change, however, due to a relatively simple revision in the 1882civilcodethat was recommended in 1878.
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From the written request form the following information was available : age and gender, name orcivilcode, date of sampling and the health service involved.
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Although the newcivilcodedefines children's equal rights on inheritance regardless of their gender and birth order, they do not necessarily inherit family wealth equally.
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There are, for instance, frequent references to the formercivilcodewith the effort to better highlight the key gains women made under the new code.
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It will not be part of the criminal code but part of thecivilcode.
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They must have some common military, criminal andcivilcodeunder which they should operate.
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Hungarian law on contract and property rights is embodied in the 1959civilcode(as amended).
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It is rightly argued that two decades of activism, lobbying, and campaigning by the women's movement played a key role in the revision of the seventy-five-yearoldcivilcode.
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Therefore, the debate and the problems that occurred when the registration system changed and thecivilcodeunderwent revisions offer important clues to understanding the earlier system and practice.
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Will the penalties for any offences committed by personnel be under the military code or thecivilcode?
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Any penalties for disobeying an order, or leaving with- out permission, will be penalties provided according to thecivilcode.
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A traditionalcivilcodecould also have been adopted.
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Thecivilcodeallows for different classes of shares.
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The basis for civil law lies in acivilcode.
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For this reason the criminal division must have a smallcivilcode, giving it appropriate power to deal with these appeals.
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A jurisdiction that has acivilcodegenerally also has a code of civil procedure.
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Commercial law is a confusing patchwork of narrow statutes and an outdatedcivilcode.
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He advocated liberty of the press, and the reform of thecivilcode.
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He strove towards a uniformcivilcoderather than religion specific laws.
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