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statute law

noun

law enacted by a legislative body

• Syn: ↑legislation

• Derivationally related forms: ↑legislate (for: ↑legislation)

• Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence

• Members of this Topic:

↑unamended, ↑legislation, ↑legislating, ↑lawmaking, ↑Department of Justice, ↑Justice Department, ↑Justice, ↑DoJ

• Hypernyms: ↑civil law

• Hyponyms: ↑enabling legislation, ↑occupational safety and health act, ↑federal job safety law

• Part Holonyms: ↑statute book

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ˈstatute law [statute law] noun uncountable

all the written laws of a parliament, etc. as a group

compare ↑case law, ↑common law

Useful english dictionary. 2012.