Code of law

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. Though the process and motivations for codification are similar in different common law and civil law systems, their usage is different.

Extends: [Legal codes](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Legal codes), [Civil law (legal system)](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Civil law (legal system)), [Sources of law](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Sources of law)