from
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
CODE PRUSSIAN. Allgemeines Landrecht. This code is also known by the name of
Codex Fredericianus, or Frederician code. It was compiled by order of
Frederic H., by the minister of justice, Samuel V. Cocceji, who completed, a
part of it before his death, in 1755. In 1780, the work was renewed under
the superintendence of the minister Von Carmer, and prosecuted with
unceasing activity and was published from 1784 to 1788, in six parts. The
opinions of those who understood the subject were requested, and prizes
offered on the best commentaries on it; and the whole was completed in June,
1791, under the title "General Prussian Code."