statutory law

English

Noun

statutory law (plural statutory laws)

1. (law, countable) A law enacted by a legislative body.
2. (law, uncountable) The complete corpus of laws enacted by legislation and currently in effect within a jurisdiction.

Synonyms

• (the complete corpus of laws enacted by legislation and current in effect within a jurisdiction) statute law

Translations

a law enacted by a legislative body

• Finnish: säädös (fi)
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complete corpus of legislatively-enacted laws

• Finnish: säädösoikeus
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See also

• common law