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Statute vs Codification - What's the difference?

statute | codification |

As nouns the difference between statute and codification

is that statute is written law, as laid down by the legislature while codification is the process of precisely formulating a statement, as a code of laws .

statute

English

(wikipedia statute)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Written law, as laid down by the legislature.
  • (legal) (Common law) Legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law by those it governs.

    • Derived terms

    * statutory * statutorily * statutory rape

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    codification

    English

    (wikipedia codification)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The process of precisely formulating a statement, as a code of laws .
    • The taskforce spent months on the codification of their mandate, but when they were done all agreed they knew exactly what they were supposed to do.

    Related terms

    * legal code