Legal Definition and Related Resources of Codification

The process of bringing together the rules that govern a particular area of common law .

noun

• act
• arrangement of laws
• arrangement of rules
• arrangement of statutes
• authoritative law
• bill
• bylaws
• canon
• capitulary
• categorization of laws
• collection of statutes
• commandment
• compendium
• compilation
• decree
• doctrine
• enactment
• formalization of laws
• formulation of laws
• lawmaking
• legislation
• ordinance
• precept
• prescription
• regulation
• rule
• rules and regulations
• rulings
• sanctions
• scheduling
• scheme
• set of rules
• standardization of laws
• statute
• statute book
• statute law
• system
• system of laws
• system of regulations
• systematic arrangement of laws
• systematization of laws
• tabulation
• written law
• Associated Concepts: codification act
• codification of statutes

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Meaning of Codification in Canada

In this country (and some others), a meaning of Codification may be the following: The process of collecting and arranging systematically, usually by subject, the laws of a state, or the rules covering a particular subject of the law.

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Legal English Vocabulary: Codification in Spanish

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

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• Legal System
• Judiciary
• Justice