/kod'euh fi kay"sheuhn, koh'deuh-/ , n.
1. the act, process, or result of arranging in a systematic form or code.
2. Law.
a. the act, process, or result of stating the rules and principles applicable in a given legal order to one or more broad areas of life in this form of a code.
b. the reducing of unwritten customs or case law to statutory form.
[ 1810-20; CODE + -I- + -FICATION ]