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Definition of Statute law
1. Noun. Law enacted by a legislative body.
Examples of category: Lawmaking, Legislating, Legislation, Department Of Justice, Doj, Justice, Justice Department, Unamended
Specialized synonyms: Enabling Legislation, Federal Job Safety Law, Occupational Safety And Health Act
Group relationships: Statute Book
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Generic synonyms: Civil Law
Derivative terms: Legislate
Definition of Statute law
1. Noun. (legal) Any law enacted by a legislative body ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Statute Law
Literary usage of Statute law
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent (1873)
"The common and statute law of England, prior to the fourth year of James I., and
of a general nature, were adopted by the convention of Virginia, in 1776, ..."
2. Lectures on Jurisprudence, Or, The Philosophy of Positive Law by John Austin, Robert Campbell (1880)
"Statute and Judiciary Lmc. By the opposed expressions ' statute law' and ...
By the term ' statute law,' I mean any law (whether it proceed from a ..."
3. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, Charles M. Barnes (1884)
"So the common law and statute law of England were referred to in Missouri ...
The common and statute law of England, prior to the fourth year of James I., ..."
4. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent (1858)
"So the common law and statute law of England were referred to in Missouri ...
The common and statute law of England, prior to the fourth year of James I., ..."
5. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent (1866)
"(b)l statute law of England were referred to in Missouri by the statute of ...
The common and statute law of England, prior to the fourth year of James I., ..."
6. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent (1851)
"The constitution of New-York, of 1777, declared, that such parts of the common
law of England, and of the statute law of England and Great Britain, as, ..."
7. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent (1860)
"So the common law and statute law of England were referred to in Missouri ...
The common and statute law of England, prior to the fourth year of James I., ..."
8. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent (1832)
"OF statute law. MUNICIPAL law is a rule of civil conduct, prescribed by the
supreme power in ... statute law is the express written will of the legislature, ..."
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