Etymology

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From civila and kodexo. Calque of English civil code, French Code civil, German Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch, Italian codice civile, Russian гражда́нский ко́декс (graždánskij kódeks), Spanish código civil.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡siˈvi.la koˈde.kso/, /t͡siˈvi.la koˈde.ɡzo/

Noun

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civila kodexo (plural civila kodexi)

  1. civil code
    • 1911, Mondolinguo: Weltsprache, Volume 4–5, page 22:
      La nuva Suisana Civil Kodexo, qua valoreskis de la 1 jan. 1912, esas omnube regardata kom modela lego; […]
      The new Swiss Civil Code, which will come into action from the 1st of January, 1912, is everywhere seen as a model law; […]