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statutory law

statutory law noun: a law enacted by a legislative body.

Noun

statutory law (plural statutory laws)

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

Synonyms of statutory law

Forms of statutory law

pluralstatutory laws

Questions about statutory law

What does statutory law mean?
Statutory law means a law enacted by a legislative body.
What part of speech is statutory law?
Statutory law is a noun.
What is the plural of statutory law?
The plural of statutory law is statutory laws.

Words near statutory law in the dictionary

  1. statutory heirs
  2. statutory holiday
  3. statutory holidays
  4. statutory instrument
  5. statutory instruments
  6. statutory law
  7. statutory laws
  8. statutory rape
  9. statutory rapes
  10. statuvolism
  11. statvolt

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