Noun: codification ,kó-du-fu'key-shun or ,kow-du-fu'key-shun [N. Amer], ,kow-du-fi'key-shun [Brit]
- A set of rules, principles or laws (especially written ones)
"The new legal codification simplified the existing laws";
- code
- The act of codifying; arranging in a systematic order
"The codification of laws made them more accessible and easier to understand"
Derived forms: codifications
Type of: black and white, rationalisation [Brit], rationalization, systematisation [Brit], systematization, written communication, written language
Encyclopedia: Codification