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code
noun
1 code
A set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones).
synonym: codification.
Roget 697:
precept,
direction,
instruction,
charge;
prescript,
prescription;
recipe,
receipt;
golden rule;
maxim
etc.
496.
rule,
canon,
law,
code,
corpus juris [Lat.],
lex scripta [Lat.],
act,
statute,
rubric,
stage direction,
regulation;
form,
formula,
formulary;
technicality;
canon law;
norm.
order
etc.
(command)
741.
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Roget 963:
legality;
legitimacy,
legitimateness.
legislature;
law,
code,
corpus juris [Lat.],
constitution,
pandect†,
charter,
enactment,
statute,
rule;
canon
etc.
(precept)
697;
ordinance,
institution,
regulation;
bylaw,
byelaw;
decree
etc.
(order)
741;
ordonnance†;
standing order;
plebiscite
etc.
(choice)
609.
legal process;
form,
formula,
formality;
rite,
arm of the law;
habeas corpus;
fieri facias [Lat.].
[Science of law]
jurisprudence,
nomology†;
legislation,
codification.
equity,
common law;
lex [Lat.],
lex nonscripta [Lat.];
law of nations,
droit des gens [Fr.],
international law,
jus gentium [Lat.];
jus civile [Lat.];
civil law,
canon law,
crown law,
criminal law,
statute law,
ecclesiastical law,
administrative law;
lex mercatoria [Lat.].
constitutionalism,
constitutionality;
justice
etc.
922.
[institution for deciding questions of law]
court,
tribunal
etc.
966.
[person who presides at a court or tribunal]
judge
etc.
967.
[specialist in questions of law]
lawyer,
attorney,
legal counsel
etc.
968.
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Dutch: wetboek, codificatie, code
Polish: kodeks
2 code
A coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy.
Polish: kod
3 code
computer science The symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions.
synonym: computer code.
verb
1 code
2 code
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