recodification
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8.3
- noun
- /ˌriːˌkɒdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
- Formal
- The legal team was excited to begin the recodification of the outdated municipal laws to enhance clarity and effectiveness.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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7.5
Arranging laws and rules into a clear system for people to follow
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5.0
Changing something so it becomes better or works differently
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2.9
The act of changing writing to make it clearer
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3.7
Changing a text to make it clearer or better
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7.6
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.