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STATUTE LAW
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Law enacted by a legislative body
Synonyms:
legislation; statute law
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("statute law" is a kind of...):
civil law (the body of laws established by a state or nation for its own regulation)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Domain member category:
lawmaking; legislating; legislation (the act of making or enacting laws)
Department of Justice; DoJ; Justice; Justice Department (the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870)
unamended ((of legislation) not amended)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "statute law"):
enabling legislation (legislation that gives appropriate officials the authority to implement or enforce the law)
federal job safety law; occupational safety and health act (a law passed by the United States Congress that created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment)
Holonyms ("statute law" is a part of...):
statute book (a record of the whole body of legislation in a given jurisdiction)
