Mecelle
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It sits within the topics Civil codes, Law of the Ottoman Empire and Turkish words and phrases.
Its subject is documented across 17 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil code
- Country
- Ottoman Empire
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- Mecelle
- title
- مجلۀ احكام عدلیە
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Encyclopedic overview
25 sectionsContents
- Title
- History
- Enactment
- Post-Ottoman application
- Overview
- Book 1: Sale
- Book 2: Hire
- Book 3: Guarantee
- Book 4: Transfer of Debt
- Book 5: Pledges
- Book 6: Trust and Trusteeship
- Book 7: Gift
- Book 8: Wrongful Appropriation and Destruction
- Book 9: Interdiction, Constraint and Pre-emption
- Book 10: Joint Ownership
- Book 11: Agency
- Book 12: Settlement and Release
- Book 13: Admissions
- Book 14: Actions
- Book 15: Evidence and Administration of an Oath
- Book 16: Administration of Justice by the Courts
- Translations
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|page=3|Title page of the Mecelle in Ottoman Turkish thumb|Title page of the Mecelle in French (), published by Demetrius Nicolaides thumb|Ahmed Cevdet Pasha (1822–1895), the lead author of the Mecelle
The Mecelle was the civil code of the Ottoman Empire in the late 19th and early 20th century. It is the first codification of Sharia law by an Islamic nation.
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