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  2. Code of law - Wikipedia

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    A code of law, also called a law code or legal code, is a systematic collection of statutes. It is a type of legislation that purports to exhaustively cover a complete system of laws or a particular area of law as it existed at the time the code was enacted, by a process of codification . [ 1 ]

  3. United States Code - Wikipedia

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    The United States Code (formally the Code of Laws of the United States of America) [1] is the official codification of the general and permanent federal statutes of the United States. [2] It contains 53 titles, which are organized into numbered sections.

  4. Codification (law) - Wikipedia

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    Generally, only "Public Laws" are codified. The United States Code is divided into "titles" (based on overall topics) numbered 1 through 54. [24] Title 18, for example, contains many of the Federal criminal statutes. Title 26 is the Internal Revenue Code. [25] Even in code form, however, many statutes by their nature pertain to more than one topic.

  5. Code of Federal Regulations - Wikipedia

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    A few volumes of the CFR at a law library (titles 12–26) In the law of the United States, the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is the codification of the general and permanent regulations promulgated by the executive departments and agencies of the federal government of the United States. The CFR is divided into 50 titles that represent ...

  6. Section sign - Wikipedia

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    The section sign is often used when referring to a specific section of a legal code. For example, in Bluebook style, "Title 16 of the United States Code Section 580p" becomes "16 U.S.C. § 580p". [4] The section sign is frequently used along with the pilcrow (or paragraph sign), ¶, to reference a specific paragraph within a section of a document.

  7. Code of Ur-Nammu - Wikipedia

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    The Code of Ur-Nammu is the oldest known surviving law code. It is from Mesopotamia and is written on tablets, in the Sumerian language c. 2100–2050 BCE. It contains strong statements of royal power like "I eliminated enmity, violence, and cries for justice." [1]

  8. What is a CLEAR alert? Here's what to know and which states ...

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    The FCC's new code would benefit law enforcement in Texas. There, families lobbied lawmakers to pass legislation to establish the CLEAR Alert , or Coordinated Law Enforcement Adult Rescue, program.

  9. Law of the United States - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 December 2024. Constitution of the United States The United States Congress enacts federal statutes in accordance with the Constitution. The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest authority in interpreting federal law, including the federal Constitution, federal statutes, and federal ...