The Napoleonic Code of Law was the main influence in the 19th-century civil codes of most countries of continental Europe and Latin America. From LearnThat.org.
Napoleonic Wars. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
An eminently readable series set in Napoleonic times. From Wordnik.com. [July « 2008 « I Can’t Stop Reading!] Reference
Brunswick, duke of, Friedrich Wilhelm, officer in Napoleonic Wars. From Wordnik.com. [Subject Index Page 13] Reference
And what a hat it was: black and dusky pink velvet, in a pleated shape she called Napoleonic, an elegant party confection, and it has to be said, attention-getting. From Wordnik.com. [SFGate: Top News Stories]
Russia participated in the Peace Conference at the end of the great World War which we usually call the Napoleonic War. From Wordnik.com. [The Making Of The Peace] Reference
They settled on the revised French code of 1804 the so-called Napoleonic Code mentioned in A Streetcar Named Desire, and adopted it in1825. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Senator Cornyn’s “Daily Question” for Judge Sotomayor:] Reference
The fact is we are not suited to this kind of Napoleonic legal setup with "rights" instead of "freedoms" etc. From Wordnik.com. [Its the Little Differences] Reference
He was "Napoleonic" in size, and, also like Napoleon, he carried too much belly in front of him. From Wordnik.com. [Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative] Reference
"Looks as though some kind of Napoleonic strategy were going to be pulled off," asserted Professor Gray, laughing. From Wordnik.com. [Radio Boys Cronies] Reference
"Napoleonic" attributes are terms coined by people of their own damaging class, people with low motives, with even brutish morals. From Wordnik.com. [The Arena Volume 4, No. 24, November, 1891] Reference
It is the Napoleonic spirit that still governs Europe. From Wordnik.com. [The Psychology of Nations A Contribution to the Philosophy of History] Reference
He found time to become a collector of Napoleonic artifacts. From Wordnik.com. [A Master Of Sweet Deals] Reference
Poland mixture of Continental (Napoleonic) civil law and holdover. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Napoleonic codes; judicial review by Supreme Court and Council of. From Wordnik.com. [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference
Napoleonic wars eighty-three years ago the national trade of Great. From Wordnik.com. [Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.)] Reference
There was not half enough to do to satisfy his Napoleonic ambition. From Wordnik.com. [My New Curate] Reference
Karen Ashbrook and Paul Oorts perform tunes from the Napoleonic era. From Wordnik.com. [Prince George's County community calendar, Sept. 16-23, 2010] Reference
Napoleonic tyranny killed for a while his sympathy with France, and in. From Wordnik.com. [Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies] Reference
Napoleonic age, but who had more to do with the overthrow of the Man of. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866] Reference
Legal system: mixture of Continental (Napoleonic) civil law and holdover. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
His opportunity for territorial aggrandizement came during the Napoleonic wars. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
The last word was ended with a dash as energetically drawn as the Napoleonic flourish. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
They took out the French in the Napoleonic Wars and kept troubled Irish dissidents at bay. From Wordnik.com. [Bring On The Big Guns] Reference
The little fella does seem to have a Napoleonic need to look down on the world around him. From Wordnik.com. [Spade In America] Reference
Bolivia based on Spanish law and Napoleonic Code; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Bolivia: based on Spanish law and Napoleonic Code; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction. From Wordnik.com. [The 2001 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Legal system: based on Spanish law and Napoleonic Code; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction. From Wordnik.com. [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference
Napoleonic legal codes in favor of the oral adversarial system; accepts ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
The Corn Laws were a sequel to the Napoleonic wars and to the insecurity of foreign trade which these caused. From Wordnik.com. [Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies] Reference
And he had to dispatch the Surprise into the Pacific for a couple of years because he ran out of Napoleonic War. From Wordnik.com. [Paretsky's PI Uncovers Murder In Chicago] Reference
Today, amidst the financial rubble in Moscow, laid-off Western bankers are beating a Napoleonic retreat back to the West. From Wordnik.com. [A Black Hole] Reference
Egypt based on English common law, Islamic law, and Napoleonic codes; judicial review by Supreme Court and Council of State. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Egypt: based on English common law, Islamic law, and Napoleonic codes; judicial review by Supreme Court and Council of State. From Wordnik.com. [The 2001 CIA World Factbook] Reference
It was in the days of the Napoleonic wars when, on a winter's afternoon, four hostile ships appeared unexpectedly off Fishguard Bay. From Wordnik.com. [Legend Land, Vol. 1 Being a collection of some of the Old Tales told in those Western Parts of Britain served by The Great Western Railway.] Reference
Bugeaud's "Maxims": At the close of the Napoleonic wars, Bugeaud, a young colonel, commanded a French regiment on the Swiss frontier. From Wordnik.com. [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference
Frederick Wentworth (Cioran Hinds) is now a wealthy captain of the navy, having returned from the Napoleonic war with riches and honor. From Wordnik.com. [In This Fine Romance, Virtue Is Rewarded] Reference
Lebanon mixture of Ottoman law, canon law, Napoleonic code, and civil law; no judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
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