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Roman-Dutch law

Roman-Dutch law noun: an uncodified, scholarship-driven, judge-made legal system based on Roman law, applied in the Netherlands in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Noun

Roman-Dutch law (uncountable)

  1. An uncodified, scholarship-driven, judge-made legal system based on Roman law, applied in the Netherlands in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Questions about Roman-Dutch law

What does Roman-Dutch law mean?
Roman-Dutch law means an uncodified, scholarship-driven, judge-made legal system based on Roman law, applied in the Netherlands in the 17th and 18th centuries.
What part of speech is Roman-Dutch law?
Roman-Dutch law is a noun.

Words near Roman-Dutch law in the dictionary

  1. roman à tiroirs
  2. roman-candle
  3. roman-candled
  4. roman-candles
  5. roman-candling
  6. Roman-Dutch law
  7. Romana's sign
  8. Romanaccio
  9. romance
  10. romance fraud
  11. romance frauds

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