Chinnova, M.V. Historical overview of use of legal definition in Russia.

Abstract: Today it is impossible to imagine, say, the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, where one would not find a definition of legal person, or the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation without the definition of theft. And the tendency in the modern Russian legislation is for more and more definitions, since the legislator strives to provide exact meanings for as many legal terms as possible. In this article M.V. Chinnova discusses the history of definitions in the Russian legislation from the times of Peter the Great to our days.