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Definition: Draconian code
Draconian
\Dra*co"ni*an\, a.
Pertaining to Draco, a famous lawgiver of Athens, 621 b. c.
Used especially in the phrase
Draconian punishment.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Draconian code, or
Draconian laws, a code of laws made by
Draco. Their measures were so severe that they were said
to be written in letters of blood; hence, any laws of
excessive rigor.
Draconian punishment, punishment so severe as to seem
excessive for the crime being punished.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
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