codification

[ kod-uh-fi-key-shuhn, koh-duh- ]

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.

codification

/ ˌkəʊdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən; ˌkɒ- /

noun

1. systematic organization of methods, rules, etc
2. law the collection into one body of the principles of a system of law

Other Words From

• recod·i·fi·cation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of codification¹

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

Example Sentences

A significant source of this problem was an absence of codification of the roles and responsibilities expected by each organization in their oversight execution.

From Popular-Science

Or of the Shulchan Aruch, the authoritative codification of that law, which was authored under Ottoman rule.

From The Daily Beast

The nullification craziness, mostly talk during the first Obama term, is inching toward codification.

From The Daily Beast

Hagel also acceded to the 2006 codification of an executive order imposing sanctions on others tied to Iran's nuclear program.

From The Daily Beast

Codification, in short, means centralisation in one department.

From Project Gutenberg

Closely connected with the reform of the currency and the codification of the commercial law was the reform of the banking laws.

From Project Gutenberg

There was no intellectual power, as distinguished from intellectual energy, behind this codification.

From Project Gutenberg

It consists of a codification of the Latin diagnoses of all the genera of Flowering Plants.

From Project Gutenberg

In all these cases the codification partook, to some extent, of the character of a compact between the king and the Church.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• approach
• argument
• assumption
• code
• concept
• doctrine
• idea
• ideology
• method
• philosophy
• plan
• position
• premise
• proposal
• provision
• rationale
• scheme
• speculation
• suspicion
• system