U. S. Code (Noun)
Meaning
A consolidation and codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States; is prepared and published by a unit of the United States House of Representatives.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The U.S. Code is the official compilation of federal statutes in the United States.
- A citation to the U.S. Code provides a way to locate a particular federal statute.
- The U.S. Code is published every six years, with supplements published in between.
- Lawyers and researchers rely on the U.S. Code to find the current version of federal laws.
- The U.S. Code is divided into 54 subject matter titles, each covering a specific area of federal law.