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The term “codification” refers to _______________________________________.
  1. The process of collecting and publishing slip laws as session laws.
  2. The process of restating the common law in the form of legal rules.
  3. The development of a systematic compilation of procedural rules in a given jurisdiction.
  4. The development of a systematic compilation of statutory laws in a given jurisdiction.
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Answer: D - The development of a systematic compilation of statutory laws in a given jurisdiction. Codification is the development of a systematic compilation of the statutory law in a jurisdiction. Black’s Law Dictionary 106 (2d Pocket Ed. 2001). The term can also refer to the process of incorporating session laws in a (previously developed) codified system of laws.
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