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codification|ˌkəʊdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən, ˌkɒd-|
[n. of action from codify: prob. from mod.F.]
1. Reduction (of laws) to a code.
1817Bentham (title), Papers relative to Codification & Public Instruction. c1830― Justice & Codification Petit. Wks. V. 639/1 No otherwise than by codification can the reform here prayed for..be carried into effect. 1840Mill Diss. & Disc., Bentham (1859) I. 373 He [Bentham] demonstrated the necessity and practicability of codification, or the conversion of all law into a written and systematically arranged code. 1876Green Short Hist. viii. 570 Bills were laid before the House for the codification of the law.
2. gen. Systematization.
1874Lewes in Contemp. Rev. Oct. 695 (Lagrange & Hegel), At the best it is but a Method of codification, and its merits must be estimated by its success in codifying the results reached by Science. 1878Fiske in N. Amer. Rev. CXXVI. 37 Science is but the codification of experience. |