codification
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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
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With an eye to avoiding a peck of court trouble, Mr. Richberg therefore announced: "Codification should be limited to those trades and industries actually engaged in interstate commerce."
From Time Magazine Archive
Codification, in short, means centralisation in one department.
From The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill by Stephen, Leslie, Sir
Exemption from fasting is also granted to the other specific categories of people listed in the Synopsis and Codification, section IV.B.5.
From The Kitáb-i-Aqdas by Bahá'u'lláh
The Synopsis and Codification, which is republished in this volume, serves as another aid for obtaining an overview of the Book.
From The Kitáb-i-Aqdas by Bahá'u'lláh
See the Synopsis and Codification, section IV.D. 1.y.iii.-iv.
From The Kitáb-i-Aqdas by Bahá'u'lláh
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