旧民法
Meanings
1
pre-1947 civil code provisions on family and inheritance
historical termlaw
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.
The family system under the old civil code was significantly changed by the postwar civil code revision.
2
Boissonade's draft civil code (never enacted)
historical termlaw
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.
The old civil code was drafted by the French legal scholar Boissonade but was never put into effect.