codify
/ˈkəʊdɪfʌɪ
/verb (codifies, codifying, codified) [with object]
1Arrange (laws or rules) into a systematic code: the statutes have codified certain branches of common law (as adjective codified) in the United Kingdom there is no codified constitution...
- He even wanted to codify the common law, overstating, like all good reformers, the possible objectives of reform.
- These provisions fully support the view that certain articles of the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea codify customary law.
- In fact, proper legislation simply codified laws that were pre-existent.
Synonyms
systematize, systemize, organize, arrange, order, marshal, set out, chart, structure, tabulate, catalogue, list, sort, dispose, index, classify, class, categorize, compile, group, range, file, log, grade, rate, assort
1.1Arrange according to a plan or system: this would codify existing intergovernmental cooperation on drugs...
- Now Republican leaders in the Senate plan to codify these ties.
- To ensure visibility, we must codify these requirements in existing operation plans.
- It is an attempt to codify international relations in the post-Cold War era, institutionalising the political effects of globalisation.
Derivatives
codifier
/ noun ...- The ancient codifiers of Hindu medicine carefully considered and documented the ethics of their profession and its various medical procedures.
- In contrast, George finds great kinship in the pristine and untainted teachings of the Hebrew codifier, Moses.
- The codifier of yoga said, ‘This is a steady, comfortable pose.’