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  • verb Present participle of codify.

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Examples

  • Years ago, in codifying Federal crimes, the US Government incorporated all known acts that a terrorist might commit into Title 18 of the United States.

    Think Progress » Bush Meets Privately With Think Tank Promoting Military Strike On Iran 2006

  • If they succeed in codifying islam as the final say on the law constitutionally – then their form of government is basically identical to that of Iran.

    Think Progress » Time magazine 2005

  • Not until the councils of Nicaea and Chalcedon, three and four centuries, respectively, after the death of Jesus, did the custodians of his memory succeed in codifying

    Who Do Men Say That I Am? 1986

  • Not until the councils of Nicaea and Chalcedon, three and four centuries, respectively, after the death of Jesus, did the custodians of his memory succeed in codifying

    Who Do Men Say That I Am? 1986

  • Not until the councils of Nicaea and Chalcedon, three and four centuries, respectively, after the death of Jesus, did the custodians of his memory succeed in codifying

    Who Do Men Say That I Am? 1986

  • To codify [373] is to classify, and Bentham might be defined as a codifying animal.

    The English Utilitarians, Volume I. Leslie Stephen 1868

  • In the (political) heat of late March, in the first trimester of President Obama's proposed, and then signed, Executive Order "codifying" The Hyde Amendment (a deal done for Rep. Bart Stupak, he of the Stupak Amendment), in order to get the President's health care reform legislation passed, I called on the Speaker of the House, the women U.S.

    Rebecca Sive: Health Care Reform: Second Trimester 2010

  • In the (political) heat of late March, in the first trimester of President Obama's proposed, and then signed, Executive Order "codifying" The Hyde Amendment (a deal done for Rep. Bart Stupak, he of the Stupak Amendment), in order to get the President's health care reform legislation passed, I called on the Speaker of the House, the women U.S.

    Rebecca Sive: Health Care Reform: Second Trimester 2010

  • John S. Kavulich, a senior policy adviser at the trade council, said companies are waiting for Cuba to demonstrate a commitment to opening its borders, such as codifying property-rights laws, reopening free-trade zones closed in the mid-2000s and making efforts to service its foreign debt, which he estimates at about $13 billion.

    Businesses Hold Few Hopes of More Trade Soon 2008

  • Being a simple guy, I'm just looking at the fact that they've only been "codifying" the system for a few years, as you yourself stated.

    Cut and Run Steve Perry 2007

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