statute law

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A law enacted by a legislative body, as opposed to a regulation made by the executive branch or case law made by court precedent.
  2. The complete corpus of laws enacted by legislation and currently in effect within a jurisdiction, as opposed to regulations or case law.

Word forms

statute law statute laws

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