The Napoleonic Code ‒ or Code Napoléon (the official name being the Code civil des Français) ‒ is the French civil code established under Napoléon I in 1804. The code forbade privileges based on birth, allowed freedom of religion, and specified that government jobs should go to the most qualified. It was drafted rapidly by a commission of f...
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French civil code enacted in 1804 and still extant, with revisions; it has been the main influence in the 19th-century civil codes of most countries ... [23 related articles]
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