codification
Americannoun
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the act, process, or result of arranging in a systematic form or code.
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Law.
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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.
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the reducing of unwritten customs or case law to statutory form.
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noun
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systematic organization of methods, rules, etc
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law the collection into one body of the principles of a system of law
Other Word Forms
- recodification noun
Etymology
Origin of codification
Example Sentences
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He praises Texas’s codification of the business-judgment rule, and for good reason: Delaware developed that doctrine generations ago, and its courts have consistently treated it as a bedrock principle of corporate law.
While there is no explicit codification of this independence, it is grounded in prosecutors’ use of institutional norms, internal DOJ regulations, and professional responsibility rules to maintain autonomy and impartiality.
From Salon
With pilot beaver relocations and the codification of the restoration project, California is pushing back against that history and the Supreme Court’s dangerous shortsightedness.
From Los Angeles Times
“It’s wild to me to see these D.C. staffer bros in bow ties making decisions,” she said, calling for national codification of abortion rights to nullify the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision.
From Los Angeles Times
The codification of the right to an abortion was meant to preempt any further attempts at restrictions from the Supreme Court.
From Salon
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