statute law

American  

noun

1. statutory law.

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statute law British  

noun

1. a law enacted by a legislative body

2. a particular example of this

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Etymology

Origin of statute law

First recorded in 1605–15

Example Sentences

"Statute law is much more under the noses of the judiciary and the prosecutors and the defence."

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2020

But even that authority was not a Statute law, not a Custom of the People, not the Opinion of a Court solemnly pronounced.

From The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence by Parker, Theodore

Statute law or statutes mean the laws enacted by the state legislature and by the federal congress.

From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Bolles, Albert Sidney

And we would also venture to inquire, what is the married woman’s protection under such a Statute law?

From Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity by Packard, Elizabeth Parsons Ware

Statute law might declare a sheep to be equal to a horse, but no power on earth could make it pull as much.

From Rural Health and Welfare by Fairchild, George Thompson