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statute_law

statute law

English

Alternative forms

statutory law

Noun

statute law ‎(plural statute laws)

(law, countable) A law enacted by a legislative body.
(law, uncountable) The complete corpus of laws enacted by legislation and currently in effect within a jurisdiction.

Translations

a law enacted by a legislative body

Chinese:
Mandarin: 成文法 (zh) ‎(chéngwénfǎ)
Finnish: säädösoikeus
French: droit législatif m

German: Gesetzesrecht n
Japanese: 成文法 (ja) ‎(せいぶんほう, seibunhō)
Russian: стату́тное пра́во n ‎(statútnoje právo)

complete corpus of legislatively-enacted laws

See also

common law