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UNITED STATES CODE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does United States Code mean?
• UNITED STATES CODE (noun)
The noun UNITED STATES CODE has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: UNITED STATES CODE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
U. S. Code; United States Code
Hypernyms ("United States Code" is a kind of...):
legal code (a code of laws adopted by a state or nation)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
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