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statutory offense
statutory offensen. A criminal offense declared and defined by statute, especially in contrast to a criminal offense declared and defined by the judiciary.stat′utory offense′ n. a wrong punishable under a statute, rather than at common law. Also called statutory crime. [1930–35] ThesaurusNoun | 1. | statutory offense - crimes created by statutes and not by common lawregulatory offence, regulatory offense, statutory offencecrime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offense, offence - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"sex crime, sex offense, sexual abuse, sexual assault - a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat; "most states have replaced the common law definition of rape with statutes defining sexual assault"bigamy - the offense of marrying someone while you have a living spouse from whom no valid divorce has occurred |
statutory offense
Synonyms for statutory offensenoun crimes created by statutes and not by common lawSynonyms- regulatory offence
- regulatory offense
- statutory offence
Related Words- crime
- criminal offence
- criminal offense
- law-breaking
- offense
- offence
- sex crime
- sex offense
- sexual abuse
- sexual assault
- bigamy
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