noun
- a person who arranges laws, rules, or principles into a systematic code or organized system
Examples
- Napoleon was a famous codifier who organized French law into the Napoleonic Code.
- The legal codifier worked to consolidate scattered regulations into a single comprehensive document.
- As a codifier of business practices, she created standardized procedures for the entire company.
- The codifier's job was to take centuries of common law and arrange it into written statutes.
- He served as the codifier of the organization's ethical guidelines and standards.
- The codifier of the new tax code faced criticism from both lawmakers and citizens.