1. codification(n = noun.act) - the act of codifying; arranging in a systematic order;
is a kind of rationalisation, rationalization, systematisation, systematization
Derived form verb codify1
2. codification(n = noun.communication) code - a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones);
is a kind of black and white, written communication, written language
has particulars: bushido, legal code, building code, dress code, fire code, omerta, health code, sanitary code, highway code
Derived form verb codify1
The act or process of codifying or reducing laws to a code. [1913 Webster]
N legality, legitimacy, legitimateness, legislature, law, code, corpus juris, constitution, pandect, charter, enactment, statute, rule, canon, ordinance, institution, regulation, bylaw, byelaw, decree, ordonnance, standing order, plebiscite, legal process, form, formula, formality, rite, arm of the law, habeas corpus, fieri facias, jurisprudence, nomology, legislation, codification, equity, common law, lex, lex nonscripta, law of nations, droit des gens, international law, jus gentium, jus civile, civil law, canon law, crown law, criminal law, statute law, ecclesiastical law, administrative law, lex mercatoria, constitutionalism, constitutionality, justice, court, tribunal, judge, lawyer, attorney, legal counsel, legal, legitimate, according to law, vested, constitutional, chartered, legalized, lawful, statutable, statutory, legislatorial, legislative, regulatory, regulated, legally, in the eye of the law, de jure, ignorantia legis neminem excusat, ignorance of the law is no excuse, where law ends tyranny begins.