CODIFICATION

codification (kod-[schwa]-fi-kay-sh[schwa]n), n. 1. The process of compiling, arranging, and systema-tizing the laws of a given jurisdiction, or of a discrete branch of the law, into an ordered code. 2. The code that results from this process. [Cases: Statutes 144–148, 231. C.J.S. Statutes §§ 266–275, 374–375.] — codify (kod-[schwa]-fI), vb. — codifier (kod-[schwa]-fI-[schwa]r), n.