"counterstatute" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2004, Stanley J. Stein, Barbara H. Stein, Apogee of Empire, page 19",
          "text": "[…] the contradictory, repetitive, and often confusing labyrinth of statutes and counterstatutes issued by the central authorities […]",
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        "A statute that counteracts or opposes another statute."
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