Bloody Code

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Proper noun[edit]

the Bloody Code

  1. (historical) A schedule of crimes and punishments in 19th-century England that introduced the death penalty for numerous offences.

Usage notes[edit]

  • This relatively modern term was not used in the period to which it refers.