Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Code \Code\ (k[=o]d), n. [F., fr. L. codex, caudex, the stock or
   stem of a tree, a board or tablet of wood smeared over with
   wax, on which the ancients originally wrote; hence, a book, a
   writing.]
   1. A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the
      rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are
      set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by
      public authority; a digest.

   Note: The collection of laws made by the order of Justinian
         is sometimes called, by way of eminence. ``The Code''
         --Wharton.

   2. Any system of rules or regulations relating to one
      subject; as, the medical code, a system of rules for the
      regulation of the professional conduct of physicians; the
      naval code, a system of rules for making communications at
      sea means of signals.

   {Code civil} or {Code Napoleon}, a code enacted in France in
      1803 and 1804, embodying the law of rights of persons and
      of property generally. --Abbot.