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Justinian Code

Roman law. A collection of imperial constitutions drawn up by a commission of ten persons appointed by Justinian, and published in A.D. 529. ( The Code replaced all prior imperial law, but was in force only until A.D. 534, when it was supplanted by the Codex Repetitae Praelectionis. - Also termed Justinianean Code (jas-tin-ee-an-ee-an); Code of Justinian; Codex Justinianeus (kohdeks;jas-tin-ee-sy-n(ee)as); Codex Vetus ("Old Code").