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statute law

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.82 in modern English

Syllables
statute law
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A law enacted by a legislative body, as opposed to a regulation made by the executive branch or case law made by court precedent.

Countable

noun

The complete corpus of laws enacted by legislation and currently in effect within a jurisdiction, as opposed to regulations or case law.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

statute laws (plural)

Phrases

common law

Frequently Paired Words

common law

Synonyms

statutory law legislation

Questions

What does statute law mean?
A law enacted by a legislative body, as opposed to a regulation made by the executive branch or case law made by court precedent.

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