jus civile

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

jus civile
    n 1: the legal code of ancient Rome; codified under Justinian;
         the basis for many modern systems of civil law [syn: {Roman
         law}, {Justinian code}, {civil law}, {jus civile}]

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

JUS CIVILE. Among the Romans by jus civile was understood the civil law, in 
contradistinction to the public law, or jus gentium. 1 Savigny, Dr. Rom. c. 
1, Sec. 1.

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