codification

Noun

1. The process of precisely formulating a statement, such as a code of laws.
   • The task force spent months on the codification of their mandate.
2. The act or result of arranging something into a code; the act of setting down a body of knowledge in a systematic way.
   • The link between language norms and the codification of a language – in dictionaries, grammars and usage guides – is well accepted. - 2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World...

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