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Codex Gregorianus

[Latin] Roman law. A collection of imperial constitutions compiled by the Roman jurist Gregorius and published A.D. 291. - Also termed Gregorian Code."The imperial enactments, rapidly increasing in number, covering, at hazard, the whole range of law, and, by reason of difficulties of communication and imperfect methods of promulgation, not always readily ascertainable, created a burden for the practitioner almost as great as that of the unmanageable juristic literature. Something was done to help him by two collections published privately about the end of the third century, the Codex Gregorianus and Codex Hermogenianus. These collections do not now exist: what is known of them is from citations in later literature ...." W.W. Buckland, A Manual of Roman Private Law 20-21 (2d ed. 1953).

Codex Hermogenianus

[Latin] Roman law. A collection of imperial constitutions compiled by the Roman jurist Hermogenianus and published A.D. 295.The Codex Hermogenianus supplemented the Codex Gregorianus. - Also termed Hermogenian Code.

Codex Justinianeus

See JUSTINIAN CODE.

Codex Repetitae Praelectionis

[Latin "code of the resumed reading"] Roman law. A revised version of the Justinian Code, published in A.D. 534. ( This code is divided into 12 books, and deals with ecclesiastical law, criminal law, administrative law, and private law. - Also termed Codex lustinianus Repetitae Praelectionis. See JUSTINIAN CODE.

Codex Theodosianus

[Latin] Roman law. A compilation of imperial enactments prepared at the direction of the emperor Theodosius and published in AD. 438. 0 The Codex Theodosianus replaced all other imperial legislation from the time of Constantine I (A.D. 306-337), and remained the basis of Roman law until it was superseded by the Justinian Code in A.D. 529. - Also termed Theodosian Code.

codex

[Latin] Archaic. 1. A code, esp. the Justinian Code. 2. A book written on paper or parchment; esp., a volume of an ancient text.