Nomocanon
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Nomocanon [fr. vopus, Gk., law; and kavwv a rule]. 1 A collection of canons and imperial laws relative or conformable thereto. The first nomocanon was made by Johannes Scholasticus in 554. Photius, patriarch of Constantinple, in 883, compiled another nomocanon, or collation of the civil laws with the canons; this is the most celebrated.
2. A collection of the ancient canons of the apostles, councils, and fathers, without any regard to imperial constitutions. Such is the nomocanon by M. Cotelier, Encyc. Londin.
2. A collection of the ancient canons of the apostles, councils, and fathers, without any regard to imperial constitutions. Such is the nomocanon by M. Cotelier, Encyc. Londin.
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