It says something about Chinese food in America that it has emerged as a fixture in the traditions of other minorities, most spectacularly on Christmas, when consuming cartons of greasy lo mein is all but codified custom in Jewish households.
The 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations codified a custom that has been in place for centuries when it established the "rule of inviolability".
Matilda explained that she disagreed with Henry's attempts to codify English customs, which Becket was opposed to, but also condemned poor administration in the English Church and Becket's own headstrong behaviour.
Such values are often codified in the customs and traditions of a culture and can sometimes remain ritualized long after their functional role is obsolete.
After a period of time, an idea that originally evolved from mores, habits or customs becomes so codified and ingrained that it takes on the air of inevitability.
In some countries, these tribal customs have been codified into law, which may constitute legal grounds for killing a family member.
But, I tell him, I'm glad I get to live now, to witness and be a part of this revolution, when rights that have never been recognized in the history of the "civilized world" are being codified in our laws and customs.
In Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas for example, "rivaj" - or tribal custom - is codified without being defined.
The stunning inhumanity codified in law and social custom lives on in other guises today.
Holmes described how British Common Law, a basis for America's legal system, evolved from customs and norms, eventually being codified into constantly-evolving laws.
Many traditional smritis (codified social dharma) were documenting prevailing localized customs of particular communities.
