codified
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The justices could choose to focus on a 1952 law passed by Congress that codified birthright citizenship and not wade into the larger constitutional debate, said Stephen Yale-Loehr, an immigration law expert.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
“There is a method to how these decisions historically have been made — a method scientific in nature and codified into law through procedural requirements,” Murphy wrote.
From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026
Discounts are not codified into law and are subject to change or discontinuation.
From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026
That reliance on existing categories likely means Congress won’t need to pass a new law, but the gold card is going to have to be codified in new regulations eventually, he added.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 7, 2025
All that arcane business about planets ascendant in this or that solar or lunar “house” or the “Age of Aquarius” comes from Ptolemy, who codified the Babylonian astrological tradition.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
