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Conscription. Compulsory enrolment of men (usually infixed numbers and of fixed ages) for military service, practised by the Romans and from early times in France and other European countries. A species of conscription long existed under the Militia Acts, now suspended by the temporary Militia Ballot Suspension Act, 1865. See MILITIA. During the Great War compulsory military service was imposed: the first Act was the (English) Military Service Act, 1916; for subsequent war legislation extending compulsory military service, see Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Army.'...
draft
draft 1 : a preliminary version of something (as a law) 2 a : a system for or act of selecting individuals from a group (as for military service) b : the act or process of selecting an individual (as for political candidacy) without his or her expressed consent 3 : an order for the payment of money drawn by one person or bank on another see also drawee, drawer compare check documentary draft : a draft that will be honored only upon the presentation of certain documents (as an invoice or certificate of title) sight draft : a draft payable on presentation time draft : a draft payable a specified number of days after the date of the draft or of its presentation vt 1 : to select for some purpose ;specif : to conscript for military service 2 : to compose or prepare esp. the preliminary version of [ing legislation] vi : to practice draftsmanship draft·er n ...
Conscript
Enrolled written registered...
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An enrolling or registering...
Code
Code, a collection or system of laws. The collection of laws and constitutions made by order of the Emperor Justinian is distinguished by the appellation of 'The Code' by way of eminence. See CIVIL LAW.The Code Napoleon, or Civil Code of France, pro-ceeding from the French Revolution, and the administration of Napoleon while First Consul, effected great changes in the laws of that country. Framed in the first instance by a commission of jurists appointed in 1800, this Code, after having passed both the tribunate and the legislative body, was promulgated in 1804 as the 'Code Civil des Francais.' When Napoleon became emperor, the name was changed to that of Code Napoleon, by which it is still often designated, though it is now styled by its original name of Code Civil. A Code de Procedure Civile, a Code de Commerce, Code d'Instruction Criminelle, and Code Penal were afterwards compiled and promulgated under Bonaparte's administration. To these was sub-sequently added a Code Forestier, or...
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