The Codex Maximilianeus bavaricus civilis is a civil code

Civil code

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 enacted in the Duchy of Bavaria

Duchy of Bavaria

The Duchy of Bavaria was the only one of the stem duchies from the earliest days of East Francia and the Kingdom of Germany to preserve both its name and most of its territorial extent....

 in 1756. It was named after Maximilian III Joseph, and written in German

German language

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, although included many Latin

Latin

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 phrases. In its content, it adhered to the Usus modernus Pandectarum more strongly than later codification projects. It remained in force in Bavaria until the enactment of the German Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch

Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch

The Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch is the civil code of Germany. In development since 1881, it became effective on January 1, 1900, and was considered a massive and groundbreaking project....

 (BGB) on January 1, 1900.

See also

• Prussian Allgemeines Landrecht (ALR)
• Napoleonic Code
  Napoleonic code
  The Napoleonic Code — or Code Napoléon — is the French civil code, established under Napoléon I in 1804. The code forbade privileges based on birth, allowed freedom of religion, and specified that government jobs go to the most qualified...
  
  
• Austrian Allgemeines bürgerliches Gesetzbuch
  Allgemeines bürgerliches Gesetzbuch
  The Allgemeines bürgerliches Gesetzbuch is the Civil Code of Austria, which was enacted in 1811 after about 40 years of preparatory works. Karl Anton Freiherr von Martini and Franz von Zeiller were the leading drafters at the earlier and later stages of the draft. Comparable to the Napoleonic...
  
  (ABGB)