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单词 statutory offense
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statutory offense


statutory offense

n. 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]
Thesaurus
Noun1.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


  • noun

Synonyms for statutory offense

noun crimes created by statutes and not by common law

Synonyms

  • 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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