statutes
Codified legal rules
Statutes are laws enacted by a legislative body—Congress, Parliament, a state legislature.
The term distinguishes written, codified law from case law made by judges or regulations issued by agencies.
The statute of limitations had expired.
Federal statutes override conflicting state laws.
A statute book is a compilation of such laws.
Official government regulation
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- rulesPrinciples governing behavior
standards · oversight · mandate · directive · requirement · restriction · limitation · prohibition
Inherent physical or structural makeup
- jurisprudencePhilosophy governing legal systems
- common lawJurisprudence from judicial decisions
- civil lawLaw governing private disputes
- criminal lawStatutes defining punishable offenses
case law · precedent · judiciary · litigation · verdict · appeal · court · judge
Amount owed, written
- enactmentPassing into law
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- assemblyConstructing from components
- legislatureLawmaking governmental branch
senate · act · amendment · clause · section · chapter · provision · legislator
Gathered works assembled together
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- systematizationCreating ordered structure
- codifiedMade into systematic rules
- enactedMade into law
canonical · formalized · published · indexed · annotated · organized · structured · uniform
ordinance
Official government regulation
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
rules · standards · oversight · mandate · directive · requirement · restriction · limitation · prohibition · penalty
constitution
Inherent physical or structural makeup
- jurisprudencePhilosophy governing legal systems
- common lawJurisprudence from judicial decisions
- civil lawLaw governing private disputes
criminal law · case law · precedent · judiciary · litigation · verdict · appeal · court · judge · trial
bill
Amount owed, written
- enactmentPassing into law
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- assemblyConstructing from components
legislature · senate · act · amendment · clause · section · chapter · provision · legislator · lawmaker
compilation
Gathered works assembled together
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- systematizationCreating ordered structure
- codifiedMade into systematic rules
enacted · canonical · formalized · published · indexed · annotated · organized · structured · uniform · standardized
- legal researchcase law, legal search, legal citation, digests, LexisNexis
- legal textscase law, legal briefs, court opinions, contracts, legal codes
- lawslaws, ordinance, acts, code, federal laws
- ruleslaw, rule, guideline, bylaw, standard
- British PoliticsHouse of Commons, Westminster, Whigs, Tories, Commons
- legal codescode, codes, law code, codified laws, legal code
statutescommon law
Jurisprudence from judicial decisions
case law · precedent · unwritten law · court rulings · natural law
statutescustoms
Traditional practices or import taxes
custom · conventions · unwritten rules · tradition · oral law
statutesguidelines
Suggested rules for behavior
recommendations · suggestions · best practices · proposals · draft legislation
- statutes of limitationsLegal deadlines for filing claims
- state statutesLaws enacted by states
- statutory holidayLaw-mandated day off
- statute lawsLaws created by legislative bodies
- statutory rapeSex crime defined by age
- statutory limitsLaw-imposed boundaries
statute, statute of frauds, statutory, statute book, statute of limitations