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code pleading.See PLEADING(2). [Blacks Law 8th]

Code pénal (kohd pay-nal). The fourth of five codes promoted by Napoleon, enacted in 1810, setting forth the penal code of France. See NAPOLEONIC CODE. [Blacks Law 8th]

Code of Professional  Responsibility.See MODEL  CODE   OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY . CODE OF WAR code of war.Legal rules that regulate international armed conflict. • A code of war may arise from many sources, including custom, treaties, scholarly writings, and domestic legislation. One of the earliest known treatises on rules governing the conduct of war was written…

Code of Military Justice.The collection of substantive and procedural rules governing the discipline of members of the armed forces.10 USCA §§ 801 et seq. — Also termed Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). [Cases: Armed Services  42.1; Military Justice  502. C.J.S. Military Justice § 3.] [Blacks Law 8th]

Code of Justinian.See JUSTINIAN CODE. [Blacks Law 8th]

Code of Judicial Conduct.The body of standards governing the professional ethics and behavior of judges. • The American Bar Association drafted a Model Code of Judicial Conduct and formally adopted it in 1972. In 1973, the U.S. Judicial Conference used the code as the basis for the Code of Conduct for United States Judges. Portions of…

Code of Hammurabi (hah-m<<schwa>>-rah-bee or ham-<<schwa>>-). The oldest known written legal code, produced in Mesopotamia during the rule of Hammurabi (who reigned from 1792 to 1750 B.C.). • The code consisted of nearly 300 provisions, arranged under headings such as family, trade, real property, personal property, and labor. [Blacks Law 8th]

Code of Federal Regulations.The annual collection of executive-agency regulations published in the daily Federal Register, combined with previously issued regulations that are still in effect. — Abbr. CFR. [Cases: Administrative Law and Procedure  407. C.J.S. Public Administrative Law and Procedure § 113.] [Blacks Law 8th]

code of conduct.A written set of rules governing the behavior of a specified group, such as lawyers, government employees, or corporate employees. [Cases: Attorney and Client  32(2); Officers and Public Employees  110. C.J.S. Attorney and Client § 44; Officers and Public Employees §§ 234–245.] [Blacks Law 8th]

Code Noir (kohd nwahr). [French “black code”] Hist. A body of laws issued by Louis XIV and applied in French colonies. • The Code regulated slavery and banned Jews and non-Catholic religious practices from the colonies. [Blacks Law 8th]