codification

American  

[kod-uh-fi-key-shuhn, koh-duh-] / ˌkɒd ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən, ˌkoʊ də- /

noun

1. the act, process, or result of arranging in a systematic form or code.

2. Law.

   1. 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.

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

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codification British  

/ ˌkɒ-, ˌkəʊdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən /

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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Other Word Forms

• recodification noun

Etymology

Origin of codification

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

Example Sentences

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.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

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 • Jan. 7, 2025

“We are issuing this code, which largely represents a codification of principles that we have long regarded as governing our conduct,” the justices said in a statement.

From Washington Times • Nov. 14, 2023

To dispel this misunderstanding, we are issuing this Code, which largely represents a codification of principles that we have long regarded as governing our conduct.

From Slate • Nov. 13, 2023

It is the first codification of private law that Japan ever had in her long history.

From Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World by Ringrose, Hyacinthe

Related Words

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