statutory law
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5.9
- noun
- /ˈstætʃəˌtɔri lɔ/
- Formal
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derecho estatutario
- In the United States, statutory law is created by the legislative branch of government.
- federal statutory law
- state statutory laws
Examples
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Several factors contribute to clarity and coherence concerns in aging statutory law.
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When the statutory law and case law conflict with each other, the statutory law prevails over the case law.
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Most federal class actions are based on claims arising from federal statutory law in areas.
Academic text (2003) -
In Canada, liability for environmental pollution may be found in both common and statutory law.
Academic text (1992) -
Congress is the primary policymaker in fields governed by statutory law, but questions of policy present themselves for judicial resolution when Congress leaves them open.
Academic text (2017) -
BLIS contains the statutory laws of Hong Kong and selected constitutional documents in both English and Chinese.
Blog text (11) -
Another source of protection is the UCMJ, which is federal statutory law setting forth the rules and definitions of prosecutable crimes in the military.
Academic text (1997) -
State statutory laws and administrative regulations (hereafter collectively referred to as "state laws") were obtained through primary legal research.
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Furthermore, clear obligations under statutory law and regulations—enforced by an independent judiciary—are only now coming into being.
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The court ruled that the new regulations are consistent with statutory law.
Synonyms
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4.4
Laws made and passed by a parliament or other elected body
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3.9
A set of laws a country officially uses
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7.0
A complete list of laws made by a government for a country or area
Law made by parliament or congress, not by judges
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is directly compositional: 'statutory' specifies the type of 'law' (laws made by a legislature), so a learner who knows both words can readily derive the meaning. This follows a standard modifier+noun pattern that is cross-linguistically common, making the expression transparent to B1 learners.
Etymology
Statutory law comes from the idea of a written rule called a 'statute', so imagine lawmakers writing laws into a book. The words statutory and law together mean laws 'made and written' by lawmakers, so statutory law means rules passed by lawmakers rather than rules made by judges.