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How To Use codify In A Sentence

• A material witness statute was enacted in 1984 in a bipartisanship effort to codify common law in this area.
• It is an attempt, and a clumsy attempt, to codify the present criminal law.
• But he said his proposal will "codify" that language. Theleafchronicle.com - Local News
• These provisions fully support the view that certain articles of the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea codify customary law.
• A new approach might try to impose some order, codifying the rules by which Britain is governed.
• Now Republican leaders in the Senate plan to codify these ties.
• Earlier the government had approved amendments codifying foreign exchange regulations to enable foreign companies to repatriate profits.
• As a freshman Congressman, he was appointed to the Brown Commission which provided the main impetus for efforts to recodify the criminal laws of the United States. Biography Of Abner Mikva New White House Counsel
• Other students have been codifying laws regarding fraud, forgery and rules on criminal culpability.
• Mr. President: A word to the wise, even if it becomes clear you've gone back on your staff's statements that your Stupak-evil Order doesn't do anything more than "codify" existing law. Rebecca Sive: Health Care Reform: Second Trimester