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Codification

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

cod·i·fi·ca·tion

[kod-uh-fi-key-shuhn, koh-duh-]
noun
1.
the act, process, or result of arranging in a systematic form or code.
2.
Law.
a.
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.
b.
the reducing of unwritten customs or case law to statutory form.

Origin:
1810–20; code + -i- + -fication

re·cod·i·fi·ca·tion, noun
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Codification is always a great word to know.
So is pardon. Does it mean:
a release from the penalty of an offense; a remission of penalty, as by a governor; the document by which such remission is declared
a formal accusation initiating a criminal case, presented by a grand jury and usually required for felonies and other serious crimes
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codification (ˌkəʊdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən, ˌkɒ-)
 
n
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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