1. 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.