1. Composition and promulgation
During the Bavarian legislative reform initiated by Prince-Elector Maximilian III Joseph, which encompassed all areas of the law in a three-part Codex Maximilianeus, the Codex Maximilianeus Bavaricus civilis (CMBC) entered into force as the third and final part after the Codex Iuris Bavarici Criminalis (1751) and the Codex Iuris Bavarici Iudiciarii (code of civil procedure from 1753); it was promulgated on January 2, 17…