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statute law
statute lawn. A law established by legislative enactment.statute law n 1. (Law) a law enacted by a legislative body 2. (Law) a particular example of this Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  statute law - law enacted by a legislative body legislationlawmaking, legislating, legislation - the act of making or enacting lawsenabling legislation - legislation that gives appropriate officials the authority to implement or enforce the lawfederal job safety law, occupational safety and health act - a law passed by the United States Congress that created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employmentstatute book - a record of the whole body of legislation in a given jurisdictionDepartment of Justice, DoJ, Justice Department, Justice - the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"civil law - the body of laws established by a state or nation for its own regulationunamended - (of legislation) not amended |
statute law
statute law1. a law enacted by a legislative body 2. a particular example of this LegalSeestatutestatute law
statute law the law laid down by government legislation (in the UK, an Act of Parliament). Examples include the FAIR TRADING ACT 1973 and the Companies Act 1989. Once such legislation is on the statute books, it is then up to the courts to interpret and enforce the provisions of this legislation. Compare COMMON LAW. See COMPANY LAW, LABOUR LAW, COMPETITION LAW.statute law the law laid down by government legislation (in the UK, an Act of Parliament). Examples include the FAIR TRADING ACT 1973 and the Companies Act 1989. Once such legislation is on the statute books, it is then up to the courts to interpret and enforce the provisions of this legislation. Compare COMMON LAW.statute law
Related to statute law: statutory lawSynonyms for statute lawnoun law enacted by a legislative bodySynonymsRelated Words- lawmaking
- legislating
- legislation
- enabling legislation
- federal job safety law
- occupational safety and health act
- statute book
- Department of Justice
- DoJ
- Justice Department
- Justice
- law
- jurisprudence
- civil law
- unamended
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