Dictionary

statute law en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (countable) 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. (uncountable) The complete corpus of laws enacted by legislation and currently in effect within a jurisdiction, as opposed to regulations or case law.

Forms

Relateds

common law

Synonyms

statutory law (the complete corpus of laws enacted by legislation and current in effect within a jurisdiction)

Translations (9)

ja 成文法 (a law enacted by a legislative body) · fr droit législatif (a law enacted by a legislative body) · pl ustawa (a law enacted by a legislative body) · ru стату́тное пра́во (a law enacted by a legislative body) · de Gesetzesrecht (a law enacted by a legislative body) · fi säädösoikeus (complete corpus of legislatively-enacted laws) · cmn 成文法 (a law enacted by a legislative body) · fi säädös (a law enacted by a legislative body) · pl dziennik ustaw (complete corpus of legislatively-enacted laws)