Meanings
- Canadanot comparablelawSynonym of bijural
1 more example
Canada is thus a bijuridical country where the two systems exist side by side. But since the adoption of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, common law, the Quebec Civil Code and all other laws must conform to this constitutional document (and to provnicial charters, regarded as semi-constitutional).
2006, Sylvain Larocque, “Notes”, in Gay Marriage: The Story of a Canadian Social Revolution, Toronto, Ont.: James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers, →ISBN, page 291Synonyms: bijural
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of bijural
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
- Proto-Italic*dwi-
- Latinbi-
- Englishbi-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ey-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂óyu
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂yew-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂yéwos
- Proto-Italic*jowos
- Latiniūs
- Proto-Indo-European*deyḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*déyḱeti
- Proto-Italic*deikō
- Latindīcō
- Latiniūridicus
- Englishjuridic
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latiniuridicalis
- Englishjuridical
- Englishbijuridical
From bi- + juridical.
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