noun
pre-1947 civil code provisions on family and inheritance
Refers specifically to the parts of Japan's civil code concerning kinship and inheritance that were in effect before the 1947 revision. Used in legal and historical contexts.
旧民法の家族制度は、戦後の民法改正で大きく変わった。
The family system under the old civil code was significantly changed by the postwar civil code revision.
noun
Boissonade's draft civil code (never enacted)
Refers to the draft civil code prepared by Gustave Émile Boissonade for Japan in the late 19th century, which was never implemented. A historical legal term.
旧民法は、フランスの法学者ボアソナードが起草したが、施行されなかった。
The old civil code was drafted by the French legal scholar Boissonade but was never put into effect.