statutory law
Written legislative code
Statutory law is law enacted by a legislative body, as opposed to common law developed through court decisions or regulatory law created by agencies.
Statutes are written, codified rules passed by Congress, state legislatures, or other governing bodies: The court found no statutory law addressing the issue.
Most criminal law is statutory.
Symbolic communication system
- compilationGathered works assembled together
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- charterFounding organizational document
- canonAccepted authoritative works
digest · title · section · article · legal code · civil code · penal code · uniform code
Passing into law
- actDeed or performance
- billAmount owed, written
- ordinanceOfficial government regulation
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
legislature · parliament · codification · amendment · provision · clause · lawmaking · senate
code
Symbolic communication system
- compilationGathered works assembled together
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- charterFounding organizational document
canon · digest · title · section · article · legal code · civil code · penal code · uniform code · restatement
enactment
Passing into law
regulation · legislature · parliament · codification · amendment · provision · clause · lawmaking · senate · assembly
statutory lawcase law
Judge-made legal doctrine
common law · judicial precedent · natural law · administrative law · equity
statute, legislation, regulatory, statutory, statutes, statute book