codifying
Writing into law
Codifying is arranging rules, laws, or principles into a systematic collection or code.
Legislators codify scattered statutes into unified legal codes.
The term extends beyond law: The cookbook codified generations of family recipes.
Codifying often implies giving official or permanent form to practices that previously existed informally.
Making into law
- formalizingMaking procedures official
- legislatingCreating binding public rules
- mandatingOrdering something be done
- ratifyingFormally validating an agreement
instituting · establishing · decreeing · prescribing · stipulating · sanctioning · constituting · drafting
Systematic grouping by traits
- taxonomyScience of categorical arrangement
- categorizationArranging into groups
- catalogingSystematic organization into records
- indexingSystematic organization for retrieval
systematization · structuring · arrangement · ordering · grouping · sorting · tabulating · compiling
Adjusting to a standard
- uniformityState of being identical
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
- protocolsEstablished codes of conduct
guidelines · specifications · criteria · benchmarking · consistency · compliance · metrics · parameters
Statement of meaning
- explanationStatement making something clear
- elucidationAct of explaining clearly
- interpretationAssigned meaning
- explicationDetailed interpretive analysis
specification · articulation · delineation · formulation · annotation · disambiguation · documentation · description
enacting
Making into law
- formalizingMaking procedures official
- legislatingCreating binding public rules
- mandatingOrdering something be done
ratifying · instituting · establishing · decreeing · prescribing · stipulating · sanctioning · constituting · drafting · implementing
classification
Systematic grouping by traits
- taxonomyScience of categorical arrangement
- categorizationArranging into groups
- catalogingSystematic organization into records
indexing · systematization · structuring · arrangement · ordering · grouping · sorting · tabulating · compiling · archiving
normalization
Adjusting to a standard
- uniformityState of being identical
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
protocols · guidelines · specifications · criteria · benchmarking · consistency · compliance · metrics · parameters · templates
definition
Statement of meaning
- explanationStatement making something clear
- elucidationAct of explaining clearly
- interpretationAssigned meaning
explication · specification · articulation · delineation · formulation · annotation · disambiguation · documentation · description · outlining
- organizingorganizing, categorizing, grouping, structuring, classifying
- formalizingformalizing, institutionalizing, officializing, establishing, standardizing
- approvalsapproved, approve, authorizing, certification, endorsing
- business proceduresrecording, processing, documenting, approving, verifying
codifyinginformalizing
Making less formal
deregulating · ignoring · neglecting · abandoning · relaxing
codifyingdisorganizing
Destroying orderly arrangement
disordering · scrambling · jumbling · confusing · muddling
codifyingerasing
Removing recorded marks
suppressing · obscuring · concealing · destroying · expunging
code, decode, codify, coded, codes, coding, coder, decoding, encode