n. The process of precisely formulating a statement, as a code of laws.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act or process of codifying or reducing laws to a code.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act or process of reducing to a code or system; especially, in law, the reducing of unwritten or case law to statutory form.
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n. a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones)
n. the act of codifying; arranging in a systematic order
Word Usage
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