recodification
- noun
- /ˌriːˌkɒdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
- Formal
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recodificación
- The legal team was excited to begin the recodification of the outdated municipal laws to enhance clarity and effectiveness.
- recodification of law
- recodification of penal law
Examples
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The American Bar Association has recently completed a comprehensive recodification of the Standards for Approval of Law Schools and Interpretations.
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At the same time, the process of Czech penal law recodification was nearing completion.
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The need for recodification is not subject to question.
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Some believe that recodification provides the best opportunity for implementing conceptual changes.
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American Bar Association Recodification of the Standards August 1996 Interpretation 101-3:
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The Commission for Recodification of Penal Law submitted the first version of the new penal code's bill for comments in July 2003.
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Penal Law Recodification
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It should also facilitate the adoption of a more accurate view of current penal law recodification impacts on the prosecution of drug criminality.
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The paper includes a detailed discussion of interesting recent developments associated with penal law recodification, including an analysis of the applicable provisions of substantive penal law and relevant court decisions.
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The Commission for Recodification took these comments into consideration and submitted a new version of the bill to the Government Legislative Council in October 2003 (Ministerstvo spravedlnosti (CR, 2003)).
Academic text (2007)
Synonyms
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3.7
Changing a text to make it clearer or better
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Arranging laws and rules into a clear system for people to follow
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Changing something so it becomes better or works differently
The act of changing writing to make it clearer
An act of changing something written to make it clearer or more correct
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Etymology
Recodification starts with re- 'again', has code 'a set of laws or rules', and the ending -fication 'the act of making'. So a recodification is making a new, clearer code, which is why it means rewriting or reorganizing laws and rules to make them simpler and more effective.