AMALPHITAN CODE. The name given to a collection of sea-laws, complied about
the end of the eleventh century, by the people of Amalphi. It consists of
the laws on maritime subjects which were, or had been, in force in countries
bordering on the Mediterranean; and, on account of its being collected into
one regular system, it was for a long time received as authority in those
countries. 1 Azun. Mar. Law, 376.