statute

act

Deed or performance

• enactmentPassing into law
• legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
• billAmount owed, written

ordinance · decree · code · provision · clause · section · amendment · bylaw · charter · edict

rule

Governing principle or standard

• directiveFormal command or instruction
• guidelineRecommended standard for action
• standardLevel of quality accepted

requirement · restriction · protocol · prescription · stipulation · constraint · provision · prohibition · exemption · penalty

principle

Fundamental truth or standard

• canonAccepted authoritative works
• tenetHeld principle or doctrine
• preceptRule governing behavior

rule · framework · legal doctrine · precedent · maxim · fundamental · authoritative · binding · interpretive · judicial

legislature

Lawmaking governmental branch

• parliamentNational legislative assembly
• assemblyConstructing from components
• senateLegislative governing body

bill · lawmaker · legislator · representative · committee · session · passage · vote · ratify · sponsor

compilation

Gathered works assembled together

• digestMetabolize or summarize
• consolidationCombining into unified whole
• annotatedSupplied with explanatory notes

revised · systematized · organized · code · classified · recorded · documented · formalized · standardized · indexed

• English Lawbarristers, solicitors, solicitor, High Court, Crown Court
• legalesehereby, herein, hereinafter, hereof, hereto
• US Lawattorney, lawyer, lawsuit, jury, federal court
• legal documentscontract, affidavit, deed, will, subpoena
• official recordsbirth certificate, government documents, birth certificates, death certificate, death certificates
• political referencespolitical biography, voter guide, voting guide, party platform, election results