codify
- to reduce (laws, rules, etc.) to a code.
- to make a digest of; arrange in a systematic collection.
Origin of codify
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summarize, organize, condense, collect, catalogue, code, tabulate, classify, order, digest, arrangeExamples from the Web for codified
Contemporary Examples of codified
On his watch, Obamacare became the law of the land, with government-driven health insurance a codified right.
The juror is said to have invoked common sense in the face of the statutes as codified by the State of Illinois.
He hardly spares any codified religion from his angry denunciations, including Orthodoxy.
Oberlin College codified the trigger warning into its teacher guide, telling professors to “avoid” triggers in their classrooms.
What worries many doctors, however, is that the Affordable Care Act has codified this broken system into law.
Historical Examples of codified
Codified, it was in a sense the forerunner of the Code Napoleon.
Archives have been thrown open, ransacked, catalogued and codified.
Terre NapoleonErnest Scott
A codified law and precedent cases were of no account to this "equity" judge.
Law and LaughterGeorge Alexander Morton
It was not codified, yet its authority was universally deferred to and folios were written about it.
Pretty MichalMr Jkai
Act of March 3, which codified and strengthened the previous statutes.
Aliens or Americans?Howard B. Grose
codify
- (tr) to organize or collect together (laws, rules, procedures, etc) into a system or code