LEGACY, DEMONSTRATIVE. A demonstrative legacy is a bequest of a certain sum of money; intended for the legatee at all events, with a fund particularly referred to for its payment; so that if the estate be not the testator's property at his death, the legacy will not fail: but be payable out of general assets. 1 Rop. Leg.
codification-the act of codifying; arranging in a systematic order. systematisation, systematization, rationalisation, rationalization-systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale.
Law on the books. It is the result of legislative action and is often thought of as the law of the land. Written laws exist in both criminal and civil areas and are called codes. Once laws have been written down in organized fashion, they are said to be codified.