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Origin of statute law

First recorded in 1605–15

Words nearby statute law

status symbol, status zero, statutable, statute, statute book, statute law, statute mile, statute of limitations, Statute of Westminster, statutory, statutory declaration

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How to use statute law in a sentence

Statute law or statutes mean the laws enacted by the state legislature and by the federal congress.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
There is generally a considerable difference between stage law and statute law.
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 10 (of 15)|Various
The former epithet cannot, I think, be possibly applicable in the face of statute law; for what else determines our constitution?
View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 (of 3)|Henry Hallam
They have forbidden things which no law forbids, and even things which the Constitution and statute law declare to be legal.
Socialism|John Spargo

No elaboration of statute law can forestall variant cases and the need of interpretation ad hoc.
Human Nature and Conduct|John Dewey

British Dictionary definitions for statute law

statute law

noun

a law enacted by a legislative body

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Compare common law, equity

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