Statute Law (Noun)
Meaning
Law enacted by a legislative body.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The newly established legislature was empowered to create statute law to govern the entire country.
- Courts consider both precedent and statute law when rendering decisions in complex cases.
- To modify existing regulations, the government must proceed either through informal administrative channels or enact changes via statute law.
- Historically, England's development of common law contrasted sharply with its own contemporaneous statue law and subsequent codification trends.
- During the reform period, federal authorities passed a series of significant amendments to existing statute law in ways that altered prior power dynamics.