Dictionary
Thesaurus
Reference
Translate
Web
Nearby Entries
codification - 3 dictionary results

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
cod·i·fy   (kŏd'ĭ-fī', kō'də-)   
tr.v.   cod·i·fied, cod·i·fy·ing, cod·i·fies
  1. To reduce to a code: codify laws.
  2. To arrange or systematize.
cod'i·fi·ca'tion (-fĭ-kā'shən) n., cod'i·fi'er n.

Codification

Co`di*fi*ca"tion\ (? or ?), n. [Cf. F. codification.] The act or process of codifying or reducing laws to a code.
Search another word or see codification on Thesaurus | Reference
>