Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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canon law
1. A body of Roman ecclesiastical law that was not compiled until the 12th to 14th centuries. ( It has grown steadily since that time, and is now codified in the Codex Juris Canonici of 1983, replacing that of 1918. - Also termed corpus juris canontci; papal law; jus canonicurn. 2. A body of law developed within a particular religious tradition. - Also termed church law; canonical /atc. Cf. ECCLESIASTICAL LAW.