amalphitan code

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amalphitan code - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  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.