All 7 Uses of
Napoleonic code
in
A Streetcar Named Desire
- Stanley: Have you ever heard of the Napoleonic code?†
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- Stella: No, Stanley, I haven't heard of the Napoleonic code and if I have, I don't see what it – Stanley: Let me enlighten you on a point or two, baby.†
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- Stanley: In the state of Louisiana we have the Napoleonic code according to which what belongs to the wife belongs to the husband and vice versa.†
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- I'll wait till she gets through soaking in a hot tub and then I'll inquire if she is acquainted with the Napoleonic code.†
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- It looks to me like you have been swindled, baby, and when you're swindled under the Napoleonic code I'm swindled too.†
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- There is such a thing in this State of Louisiana as the Napoleonic code, according to which...†
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- Stanley [becoming somewhat sheepish]: You see, under the Napoleonic code — a man has to take an interest in his wife's affairs — especially now that she's going to have a baby.†
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Definition:
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(Napoleonic code) French civil laws established with consistency under Napoleon and influential in much of the world (in the United States, influential in Louisiana)