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.
Noun. 1. legal code-a code of laws adopted by a state or nation; a code of laws. jus civile, Justinian code, Roman law, civil law-the legal code of ancient Rome; codified under Justinian; the basis for many modern systems of civil law. Salic law-the code of laws of the Salian Franks and other German tribes. criminal law-the body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment. code, codification-a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones). penal code-the legal code governing crimes and their punishment.