codification

UK: /ˌkəʊdɪfɪˈkeɪʃ^ən/ US: (kod′ə fi kā′shən, kō′də-)

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cod•i•fi•ca•tion  (kod′ə fi kā′shən, kō′də-), n. 

1. the act, process, or result of arranging in a systematic form or code.
2. Lawmaking
   • 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.
   • the reducing of unwritten customs or case law to statutory form.

• code + -i- + -fication 1810–20

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codification / ˌkəʊdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən ˌkɒ-/ noun

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