codification

[ kod-uh-fi-key-shuhn, koh-duh- ]
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noun
  1. the act, process, or result of arranging in a systematic form or code.

  2. Law.

    • the act, process, or result of stating the rules and principles applicable in a given legal order to one or more broad areas of life in this form of a code.

    • the reducing of unwritten customs or case law to statutory form.

Origin of codification

1
First recorded in 1810–20; code + -i- + -fication

Other words from codification

  • re·cod·i·fi·ca·tion, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for codification

codification

/ (ˌkəʊdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən, ˌkɒ-) /


noun
  1. systematic organization of methods, rules, etc

  2. law the collection into one body of the principles of a system of law

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