Mecelle
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Mecelle was the 19th-century Ottoman civil code that systematically codified Islamic (Hanafi) jurisprudence into a modern legal framework.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ottoman Mecelle (civil code) | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic law codification
ⓘ
Ottoman legal code ⓘ civil code ⓘ |
| aimedAt | systematic codification of Islamic civil law ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Ottoman Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
later successor states of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Hanafi jurisprudence
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Islamic law ⓘ |
| chairOfDraftingCommission | Ahmet Cevdet Pasha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains | 99 legal maxims at the beginning ⓘ |
| country | Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfCompletion | 1876 ⓘ |
| dateOfFirstAdoption | 1869 ⓘ |
| describedAs | first systematic codification of Islamic civil law in a modern code form ⓘ |
| draftedBy | Ahmet Cevdet Pasha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| draftingCommission | Mecelle Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1876 ⓘ |
| excludes |
criminal law
ⓘ
family law ⓘ inheritance law ⓘ |
| follows | Hanafi school of Islamic jurisprudence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | legal code ⓘ |
| hasPart |
contract law provisions
ⓘ
evidence and procedure provisions ⓘ general principles section (qawaid fiqhiyya) ⓘ obligations and torts provisions ⓘ property law provisions ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Tanzimat era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 19th century ⓘ |
| influenced |
Iraqi civil law
ⓘ
Jordanian civil law ⓘ Palestinian civil law practice ⓘ Syrian civil law ⓘ civil law in parts of the Balkans under Ottoman rule ⓘ civil law in some Middle Eastern countries ⓘ |
| influencedBy | European codification movements ⓘ |
| language | Ottoman Turkish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalDomain | civil law ⓘ |
| legalStatus | civil code NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Hanafi fiqh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfArticles | 1851 ⓘ |
| numberOfBooks | 16 ⓘ |
| purpose |
codification of Hanafi jurisprudence in a modern legal framework
ⓘ
modernization of Ottoman civil law ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Swiss-inspired civil codes in the Republic of Turkey ⓘ |
| startTime | 1869 ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
contracts
ⓘ
evidence ⓘ obligations ⓘ property ⓘ |
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Ottoman Mecelle (civil code)