Definition of code

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Code (n.) A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest..

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Codefendant :: Codefendant (n.) A joint defendant.
Codeine :: Codeine (n.) One of the opium alkaloids; a white crystalline substance, C18H21NO3, similar to and regarded as a derivative of morphine, but much feebler in its action; -- called also codeia..
Codical :: Codical (a.) Relating to a codex, or a code..
Code :: Code (n.) Any system of rules or regulations relating to one subject; as, the medical code, a system of rules for the regulation of the professional conduct of physicians; the naval code, a system of rules for making communications at sea means of signals..
Codex :: Codex (n.) A collection of canons.
Codification :: Codification (n.) The act or process of codifying or reducing laws to a code.
Codetta :: Codetta (n.) A short passage connecting two sections, but not forming part of either; a short coda..
Placoderm :: Placoderm (n.) One of the Placodermi.
Cacodemon :: Cacodemon (n.) The nightmare.
Codify :: Codify (v. t.) To reduce to a code, as laws..
Codex :: Codex (n.) A book; a manuscript.
Etiquette :: Etiquette (n.) The forms required by good breeding, or prescribed by authority, to be observed in social or official life; observance of the proprieties of rank and occasion; conventional decorum; ceremonial code of polite society..
Criminal :: Criminal (a.) Relating to crime; -- opposed to civil; as, the criminal code..
Sarcodic :: Sarcodic (a.) Of or pertaining to sarcode.
Codices :: Codices (pl. ) of Code.
Wigwag :: Wigwag (v. t.) To signal by means of a flag waved from side to side according to a code adopted for the purpose.
Placodermata :: Placodermata (n. pl.) Same as Placodermi.
Ritual :: Ritual (n.) Hence, the code of ceremonies observed by an organization; as, the ritual of the freemasons..
Endosarc :: Endosarc (n.) The semifluid, granular interior of certain unicellular organisms, as the inner layer of sarcode in the amoeba; entoplasm; endoplasta..
Code :: Code (n.) A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest..
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