Mecelle

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Mecelle was the 19th-century Ottoman civil code that systematically codified Islamic (Hanafi) jurisprudence into a modern legal framework.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic law codification ⓘ
Ottoman legal code ⓘ
civil code ⓘ
aimedAt systematic codification of Islamic civil law ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Ottoman Empire ⓘ
later successor states of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
basedOn Hanafi jurisprudence ⓘ
linked to: Hanafi school

Islamic law ⓘ
chairOfDraftingCommission Ahmet Cevdet Pasha ⓘ
linked to: Ahmed Cevdet Pasha
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 ⓘ
linked to: Ahmed Cevdet Pasha
draftingCommission Mecelle Commission ⓘ
endTime 1876 ⓘ
excludes criminal law ⓘ
family law ⓘ
inheritance law ⓘ
follows Hanafi school of Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ
linked to: Hanafi school
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 ⓘ
linked to: Tanzimat
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 ⓘ
legalDomain civil law ⓘ
legalStatus civil code ⓘ
legalSystem Hanafi fiqh ⓘ
linked to: Hanafi school
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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ottoman law → codifiedIn → Mecelle ⓘ
Turkish Civil Code reforms → replaced → Ottoman Mecelle (civil code) ⓘ
linked to: Mecelle
Ahmed Cevdet Pasha → knownFor → Mecelle-i Ahkâm-ı Adliyye ⓘ
linked to: Mecelle
Ahmed Cevdet Pasha → notableWork → Mecelle-i Ahkâm-ı Adliyye ⓘ
linked to: Mecelle