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Code Napoléon (kohd na-poh-lay-awn). See NAPOLEONIC CODE. [Blacks Law 8th]

  codefendant. One of two or more defendants sued in the same litigation or charged with the same crime. — Also termed joint defendant. Cf. COPLAINTIFF. [Blacks Law 8th]

Code  d’instruction criminelle  (kohd  dan-struuk-see-awn  kri-mi-nel).  A  French criminal-procedure code, enacted in 1811 and appended to the Code Napoléon. See NAPOLEONIC CODE.[Blacks Law 8th]

Code de procédure civil (kohd d<<schwa>> praw-se-door see-veel). A French civil-procedure code, enacted in 1806 and appended to the Code Napoléon. See NAPOLEONIC CODE. [Blacks Law 8th]

Code de commerce (kohd d<<schwa>> kaw-mairs). A codification of French commercial law, enacted in 1807, dealing with commercial transactions, bankruptcy, and the jurisdiction and procedure of the courts handling these subjects. • This code supplemented the Code Napoléon. See NAPOLEONIC CODE. [Blacks Law 8th]

coded communications.Messages that are encoded or enciphered by some method of transposition or substitution so that they become unintelligible to anyone who does not have the key to the code or cipher. [Blacks Law 8th]

Code Civil.The code embodying the civil law of France, dating from 1804. • It was first known as the Code civil des français to distinguish it from the other four codes promoted by Napoleon. From 1807 to 1816 it was called Code Napoléon, a title that was restored by a decree of Louis Napoleon. Since…

code. 1. A complete system of positive law, carefully arranged and officially promulgated; a systematic collection or revision of laws, rules, or regulations <the Uniform Commercial Code>. • Strictly, a code is a compilation not just of existing statutes, but also of much of the unwritten law on a subject, which is newly enacted as…

coconspirator’s exception.An exception to the hearsay rule whereby one conspirator’s acts and statements, if made during and in furtherance of the conspiracy, are admissible against a defendant even if the statements are made in the defendant’s absence. See Fed. R. Evid. 801(d)(2)(E). — Also termed coconspirator’s rule. See HEARSAY. [Cases: Criminal Law  422–428; Evidence  253.…

COBRA  (koh-br<<schwa>>).abbr.CONSOLIDATED  OMNIBUS  BUDGET RECONCILIATION ACT OF1985. COCONSPIRATORcoconspirator. A person who engages in a criminal conspiracy with another; a fellow conspirator. — Also spelled co-conspirator. See CONSPIRATOR. [Cases: Conspiracy  1.1, 23.1, 39. C.J.S. Conspiracy §§ 2–3, 8, 14–17, 98, 100–103, 110, 134, 137.] unindicted coconspirator.A person who has been identified by law enforcement as a member of…