Code

Code

United States Code Resources

See Also

  • Law Dictionaries.
  • Congress, United States.
  • Further Reading

    Cohen, Morris, Robert C. Berring, and Kent C. Olson. How to Find the Law. St. Paul, Minn.: West, 1989.

    Jacobstein, J. Myron, Roy M. Mersky, and Donald J. Dunn. Fundamentals of Legal Research. 7th ed. New York: Foundation Press, 1998.

    U.S. House of Representatives, Office of the Law Revision Counsel. https://uscode.house.gov/uscode.htm.

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    Code in Law Enforcement

    Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of code.

    Grammar

    This term is a noun.

    Etimology of Code

    (You may find code at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms).

    c. 1300, “systematic compilation of laws,” from Old French code “system of laws, law-book” (13c.), from Latin codex, earlier caudex “book, book of laws,” literally “tree trunk,” hence, book made up of wooden tablets covered with wax for writing. Meaning “cipher” (the sense in secret code) is from 1808.

    Resources

    See Also

    • Law Enforcement Officer
    • Police Officer
    • Law Enforcement Agency

    Further Reading

    English Legal System: Code

    In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Code :

    A complete written formulation of a body of law, (e.g. the Code Napoleon in France). A code of English law does not exist, but a few specialized topics have been dealt with in this way by means of a *codifying statute (e.g. the Sale of Goods Act 1893, re-enacted with modifications by the Sale of Goods Act 1979).

    Concept of Code in the context of Real Property

    A short definition of Code: A comprehensive set of laws drawn up to cover completely a given subject. Covers diverse subjects, such as the criminal code, and the building code.

    Concept of Code in the context of Real Property

    A short definition of Code: A comprehensive set of laws drawn up to cover completely a given subject. Covers diverse subjects, such as the criminal code, and the building code.

    Code in the National Security Context

    A definition and brief description of Code in relation to national security is as follows:A system for concealing a message by replacing words or phrases with symbols. It is distinguished from a cipher in that the latter replaces each letter of a plain-text message, whereas a code replaces entire words or phrases in such a way that there is no one-to-one correspondence.

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