code dating

American  

noun

1. the practice of placing a code indicating the date and site of packaging on certain products, as canned goods.

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Etymology

Origin of code dating

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

The old Family Code, dating back to 1975, established that marriage was between a man and a woman – not between two people – which excluded lifelong partners from things inheriting the belongings of the other when one died.

From Seattle Times

She has upended not just his sense of decorum but a stringent, and oft-misunderstood, dress code dating from biblical times.

From New York Times

A section of the District Code dating to 1892 made it illegal to fly a kite over “any street, avenue, alley, open space, public inclosure, or square within the limits of the cities of Washington and Georgetown.”

From Washington Post

For years already, Indonesia has been planning to reform its criminal code dating back to Dutch colonial rule.

From BBC

Campaigners blame a culture of impunity towards male perpetrators, bolstered by a penal code dating from the 1960s in the period that Jordan occupied the West Bank.

From BBC