"statutory law" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: statutory laws [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} statutory law (plural statutory laws)
  1. (law, countable) A law enacted by a legislative body. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Law Related terms: common law Translations (a law enacted by a legislative body): säädös (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-statutory_law-en-noun-zKyUeTWr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 60 40 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'a law enacted by a legislative body': 93 7
  2. (law, uncountable) The complete corpus of laws enacted by legislation and currently in effect within a jurisdiction. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Law Synonyms (the complete corpus of laws enacted by legislation and current in effect within a jurisdiction): statute law Translations (complete corpus of legislatively-enacted laws): säädösoikeus (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-statutory_law-en-noun-XFqqbbyi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 54 46 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'the complete corpus of laws enacted by legislation and current in effect within a jurisdiction': 12 88 Disambiguation of 'complete corpus of legislatively-enacted laws': 20 80

Inflected forms

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