Supporters of the measure assert that it would simply codify Roe v. Wade.

It will simply codify a standard for conversions that Israel's founders understood is vital to the identity of a country claiming to be a Jewish state.

Or, as Ms. Bode said: "The law simply codifies courtesy."

Officials at District Council 37 have also maintained that their merit pay agreement simply codified what was already in practice.

The laws of the merchants were not eradicated, but simply codified.

However, these did not constitute a complete codification, and statutes on subject matter inappropriate for the four codes were simply not codified.

Sheriff Reilly said that many of the new regulations simply codify changes he put into effect after he was hired in February 2000.

The change should not affect any company's bottom line though, and for some manufacturers the new policy simply codifies what they have voluntarily been doing for years.

The State Senate's indifference is baffling because the bill simply codifies practice.

The Patriot Act simply codified this traditional law enforcement technique and established a uniform national standard for judges to follow.