codify
Put into law
To codify is to organize rules, laws, or principles into a systematic written form.
A legislature codifies common law by enacting statutes.
A style guide codifies writing conventions.
The word implies bringing scattered practices under one authoritative framework: The company finally codified its dress code policy.
Codification often makes informal customs official and enforceable.
Written or electronic file
- recordPreserved account or achievement
- transcribeConvert to written form
- compileCollect into unified whole
- archiveStored historical records
preserve · catalogue · systematize · organize · formalize · inscribe · notate · chronicle
Official enactment of statutes
- statutesFormally enacted laws
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
- ordinancesLocal government rules
- enactmentPassing into law
amendment · constitution · statutory · legislature · bill · jurisprudence · legal framework · case law
Underlying support system
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
- procedurePrescribed sequence of actions
- protocolPrescribed conduct rules
- structureArrangement of interconnected parts
algorithm · blueprint · schema · arrangement · format · pattern · strategy · organize
Control by rules
- harmonizeBring into agreement
- uniformityState of being identical
- consistencyReliable adherence to standards
- benchmarkStandard for comparison
specifications · guidelines · protocols · norms · parameters · criteria · calibration · conformity
document
Written or electronic file
- recordPreserved account or achievement
- transcribeConvert to written form
- compileCollect into unified whole
archive · preserve · catalogue · systematize · organize · formalize · inscribe · notate · chronicle · annotate
legislation
Official enactment of statutes
- statutesFormally enacted laws
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
- ordinancesLocal government rules
enactment · amendment · constitution · statutory · legislature · bill · jurisprudence · legal framework · case law · common law
framework
Underlying support system
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
- procedurePrescribed sequence of actions
- protocolPrescribed conduct rules
structure · algorithm · blueprint · schema · arrangement · format · pattern · strategy · organize · compile
regulate
Control by rules
- harmonizeBring into agreement
- uniformityState of being identical
- consistencyReliable adherence to standards
benchmark · specifications · guidelines · protocols · norms · parameters · criteria · calibration · conformity · template
codifydisorganize
Destroy orderly arrangement
disorder · disarrange · scramble · jumble · derange
codifyimprovise
Perform without preparation
ad-lib · wing it · deregulate · informalize · extemporize
codifydisorganize
Destroy orderly arrangement
disorder · misclassify · missort · jumble · scramble
- color codingAssigning hues to categories
- coding bootcampAccelerated programming education program
- coding errorFlaw in software logic
- coding boot campIntensive programming training program
- coding classCourse teaching computer programming
- bar codingStripe-based product identification
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