General Laws Of Massachusetts
The Massachusetts General Laws is a Codification (law), codification of many of the statutes of the Massachusetts, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Commonwealth's laws are promulgated by an elected bicameral ("two-chamber") Legislature, legislative body, the Massachusetts General Court. The resulting laws—both Session Laws and General Laws—together make up the statutory law of the Commonwealth. Each bill that becomes law is given a chapter number, assigned sequentially in the chronological order of its adoption – these are the ''Session Laws''. The official publication of Session Laws for any given year is called the ''Acts and Resolves of Massachusetts'', and is compiled and published annually by the Secretary of the Commonwealth. The vast majority of Session Laws are ''Acts''. A ''Resolve'' is most typically used to establish a special commission to investigate a certain issue. ''General Laws'' are Session Laws (or sections of Session Laws) that are permanent in nature ...
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Codification (law)
In law, codification is the process of collecting and restating the law of a jurisdiction in certain areas, usually by subject, forming a legal code, i.e. a codex (book) of law. Codification is one of the defining features of civil law jurisdictions. In common law systems, such as that of English law, codification is the process of converting and consolidating judge-made law or uncodified statutes enacted by the legislature into statute law. History Ancient Sumer's Code of Ur-Nammu was compiled ''circa'' 2050–1230 BC, and is the earliest known surviving civil code. Three centuries later, the Babylonian king Hammurabi enacted the set of laws named after him. Important codifications were developed in the ancient Roman Empire, with the compilations of the Lex Duodecim Tabularum and much later the Corpus Juris Civilis. These codified laws were the exceptions rather than the rule, however, as during much of ancient times Roman laws were left mostly uncodified. The firs ...
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