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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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