noun
1. the body of laws established by a state or nation for its own regulation (Freq. 3)
• Ant: ↑international law
• Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence
• Members of this Topic: ↑case law, ↑precedent, ↑common law, ↑complaint, ↑accession
• Hypernyms: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence
• Hyponyms: ↑case law, ↑precedent, ↑common law, ↑legislation, ↑statute law
2. the legal code of ancient Rome; codified under Justinian; the basis for many modern systems of civil law
• Syn: ↑Roman law, ↑Justinian code, ↑jus civile
• Hypernyms: ↑legal code
Useful english dictionary. 2012.