Wiktionary
n. (context legal English) All the official laws of a country or state
WordNet
n. a code of laws adopted by a state or nation; "a code of laws"
Wikipedia
A legal code is a body of law written by a local, non-sovereign government authority, such as a municipality. Whether authored or merely adopted by a municipality, it is typically, though not exclusively, enforced by the municipality, as the Authority Having Jurisdiction. A municipal code is usually a type of statutory instrument or delegated legislation.
A municipal legal code is similar in concept, though different in nature, to " codes" enacted by sovereign government authorities, such as a national government or a federal state or province within a federation.
Usage examples of "legal code".
You can't propose any major change to a legal code without ruffling somebody's feathers.
And their legal code is very dubious about permitting slavery of Moslems.
He and Krietzmann-and Bernardus, if he ever deigns to return from Rembrandt-will begin to press their demands that we accept the Star Kingdom's legal code lock, stock, and barrel with even greater fervency.
And anyway, religious freedom was now part of the Altiplanan legal code, though Altiplano lacked the diversity of culture of Fleet or the more cosmopolitan planets.
If I remember correctlyand I'm not certain I do, without looking it upthe Star Kingdom's legal code adheres to the Beowulf Life Sciences Code, just as the Solarian League's does.
The answer is in the Code of Hammurabi, among other places - the first truly elaborate legal code we have any record of.
Rich in history, owned by Frenchmen and Spaniards in their turn, it had never lost its traditions, even to its maintenance of a legal code that was nearly incomprehensible to the other forty-nine states, and was often a matter of some befuddlement to federal authorities.