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English

1. civil law or continental law, a law system originating in continental Europe replying on codification as the primary source of law

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 源於歐洲大陸嘅法律系統；相對於普通法，法庭依照成文法典判案

Examples

• 哥倫布的發現新大陸法則：如果你在克里斯多福·哥倫布之前發現了某個東西，那麼你所發現的是不存在的。

  Columbus's Law of Discovery states: If you discovered something BEFORE Christopher Columbus, then what you discovered does not exist.

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