Legal Definition and Related Resources of Classification

A grouping into classes, recognizable as such by certain common distinguishing features. Davison v Parke, Austin & Lipscomb, 19 N.Y.S.2d 117, 173 Misc. 782.

In English practice. In the English chancery division, where there are several parties to an administration action, including those who have been served with notice of the decree or judgment, and it appears to the judge (or chief clerk) that any of them form a class having the same interests (e. g. residuary legatees), he may require them to be represented by one solicitor, in order to prevent the expense of each of them attending by separate solicitors. This is termed “classifying the interests of the parties attending,” or, shortly, “classifying” or “classification.” In practice, the term is also applied to the directions given by the chief clerk as to which of the parties are to attend on each of the accounts and inquiries directed by the judgment. Consol. Orders, 20; Daniell, Ch. Pr. 1088. See, also, Rules of Court, xvi. 12b (April, 1880). Special regulations on this head are in force in the master of the roll’s chambers.

noun

• allocation
• allotment
• analysis
• apportionment
• arrangement
• assignment
• assortment
• cataloguing
• categorization
• category
• class
• codification
• denomination
• designation
• disposition
• distribution
• division
• gradation
• group
• grouping
• identification
• methodization
• nomenclature
• order
• ordering
• orderly arrangement
• ordination
• organization
• placement
• ranking
• reducing to order
• regulation by a system
• specification
• subgroup
• syntaxis
• systematization
• taxis
• type
• Associated Concepts: arbitrary classification
• illegal classification
• unreasonable classification

Browse or run a search for Classification in the American Encyclopedia of Law, the Asian Encyclopedia of Law, the European Encyclopedia of Law, the UK Encyclopedia of Law or the Latin American and Spanish Encyclopedia of Law.

Classification in Historical Law

You might be interested in the historical meaning of this term. Browse or search for Classification in Historical Law in the Encyclopedia of Law.

Search for legal acronyms and/or abbreviations containing Classification in the Legal Abbreviations and Acronyms Dictionary.

You might be also interested in these legal terms:

Mentioned in these terms

Equal Protection Of The Laws, Mail Classification, Remainder, Toxicology.

Browse

You might be interested in these references tools:

This definition of Classification is based on the The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary . This entry needs to be proofread.

Vocabularies (Semantic Web Information)

<

Resources

Legal English Vocabulary: Classification in Spanish

Online translation of the English legal term classification into Spanish: clasificación (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online.

Related to the Legal Thesaurus

Resources

See Also

• Library
• Law Library
• Legal Deposit
• Public Law Library
• Information Science
• Research
• Investigation
• Legal Research
• Study

Hierarchical Display of Classification

Education And Communications > Documentation > Documentation > Information analysis

Meaning of Classification

Overview and more information about Classification

For a more comprehensive understanding of Classification, see in the general part of the online platform.[rtbs name=”xxx-xxx”]

Resources

Translation of Classification

• Spanish: Clasificación
• French: Classification
• German: Klassifikation
• Italian: Classificazione
• Portuguese: Classificação
• Polish: Klasyfikacja

Thesaurus of Classification

Education And Communications > Documentation > Documentation > Information analysis > Classification

See also

• Perishable goods
• Food contamination