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clas·si·fi·ca·tion n: the act or method of distributing into a class or category according to characteristics; also: a class or category determined by characteristics see also suspect classification
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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noun
allocation, allotment, analysis, apportionment, arrangement, assignment, assortment, cataloguing, categorization, category, class, codification, denomination, designation, disposition, distribution, division, gradation, group, grouping, identification, methodization, nomenclature, order, ordering, orderly arrangement, ordination, organization, placement, ranking, reducing to order, regulation by a system, specification, subgroup, syntaxis, systematization, taxis, type
associated concepts: arbitrary classification, illegal classification, unreasonable classification
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index
array (order), chain (series), class, compilation, degree (station), denomination, department, diagnosis, distribution (arrangement), division (administrative unit), form (arrangement), hierarchy (arrangement in a series), identification, kind, label, manner (kind), method, order (arrangement), organization (structure), rating, rubric (title), segregation (separation), sequence, subdivision, subheading, system
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006