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Definition of Codification
1. Noun. The act of codifying; arranging in a systematic order.
Derivative terms: Codify
2. Noun. A set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones).
Generic synonyms: Black And White, Written Communication, Written Language
Specialized synonyms: Bushido, Legal Code, Building Code, Dress Code, Fire Code, Omerta, Health Code, Sanitary Code, Highway Code
Derivative terms: Codify, Codify
Definition of Codification
1. n. The act or process of codifying or reducing laws to a code.
Definition of Codification
1. Noun. The process of precisely formulating a statement, as a ''code of laws''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Codification
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Codification
Literary usage of Codification
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1905)
"They assert that codification would cut off the organic growth and future
development of International Law. They postulate the existence of a permanent ..."
2. Punitive Damages: Tort Reform & Fda Defenses: Hearings Before the Committee edited by Orrin G. Hatch (1995)
"§§4332, 4468, 4470, 4480, 4482 (imposing maximum fines for a variety of offenses);
see Digest of the Crime Laws of 111. (1868) (general codification of ..."
3. Lectures on Jurisprudence, Or, The Philosophy of Positive Law by John Austin (1885)
"NOTES ON codification. IT was not my intention to publish the following Notes on
codification ... II., in which the subject of codification is touched upon. ..."
4. The Mechanics of Law Making by Sir Courtenay Peregrine Ilbert, Courtenay Ilbert (1914)
"vm codification IT is now time that I should say something about codification,
using the term in its stricter sense, as distinguished from the consolidation ..."
5. Debates in the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1917-1918 by Massachusetts Constitutional Convention (1920)
"Upon that question the committee on Amendment and codification has reached its
... This order provides for the codification of the existing Constitution, ..."
6. Principles of the Criminal Law: A Concise Exposition of the Nature of Crime by Seymour Frederick Harris, Aviet Agabeg (1884)
"codification OF THE CRIMINAL LAW. MUCH has been said and written lately about
the proposed codification. codification of the Criminal Law. ..."
7. Outlines of Roman Law: Comprising Its Historical Growth and General Principles by William Carey Morey (1914)
"THE FINAL codification OF THE ROMAN LAW. THE period extending from Constantine
to Justinian was preeminently a period of codification. ..."
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