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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Codify :: Codify (v. t.) To reduce to a code, as laws..
Ritual :: Ritual (n.) Hence, the code of ceremonies observed by an organization; as, the ritual of the freemasons..
Codist :: Codist (n.) A codifier; a maker of codes.
Codetta :: Codetta (n.) A short passage connecting two sections, but not forming part of either; a short coda..
Criminal :: Criminal (a.) Relating to crime; -- opposed to civil; as, the criminal code..
Sarcode :: Sarcode (n.) A name applied by Dujardin in 1835 to the gelatinous material forming the bodies of the lowest animals; protoplasm.
Placodermata :: Placodermata (n. pl.) Same as Placodermi.
Endosarc :: Endosarc (n.) The semifluid, granular interior of certain unicellular organisms, as the inner layer of sarcode in the amoeba; entoplasm; endoplasta..
Sarcodic :: Sarcodic (a.) Of or pertaining to sarcode.
Codex :: Codex (n.) An ancient manuscript of the Sacred Scriptures, or any part of them, particularly the New Testament..
Protoplasm :: Protoplasm (n.) The viscid and more or less granular material of vegetable and animal cells, possessed of vital properties by which the processes of nutrition, secretion, and growth go forward; the so-called physical basis of life; the original cell substance, cytoplasm, cytoblastema, bioplasm sarcode, etc..
Cacodemon :: Cacodemon (n.) An evil spirit; a devil or demon.
Placodermi :: Placodermi (n. pl.) An extinct group of fishes, supposed to be ganoids. The body and head were covered with large bony plates. See Illust. under Pterichthys, and Coccosteus..
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..
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..
Pterichthys :: Pterichthys (n.) A genus of Devonian fossil fishes with winglike appendages. The head and most of the body were covered with large bony plates. See Placodermi.
Codices :: Codices (pl. ) of Code.
Malacoderm :: Malacoderm (n.) One of a tribe of beetles (Malacodermata), with a soft and flexible body, as the fireflies..
Codical :: Codical (a.) Relating to a codex, or a code..
Manucode :: Manucode (n.) Any bird of the genus Manucodia, of Australia and New Guinea. They are related to the bird of paradise..
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