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Statutes

Written law, as laid down by the legislature.

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noun

1
Written law, as laid down by the legislature.
2
(common law) Legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law by those it governs.

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Word	Definition
written	Having been written.
codifiedverb	Officially enacted by a governing body.
legislative actnoun	an act passed by a legislative body
actnoun	(countable) An instance of a certain standardized college admissions test in the United States, originally called the American College Test.
actsnoun	(biblical) Clipping of Acts of the Apostles. [(biblical) The fifth book in the New Testament of the Bible.]
articlesnoun	(law) the period during which a person works as an articled clerk; articling
billsnoun	A surname.
by-lawsnoun	Alternative spelling of bylaw. [A local custom or law of a settlement or district.]
bylawsnoun	(often in the plural) A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
charternoun	A document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges.
chartersnoun	A surname.
codesnoun	A diminutive of the male given name Cody.
constitutionnoun	(government) The formal or informal system of primary principles and laws that regulates a government or other institutions.
constitutionsnoun	Constitutions, or Politeiai, was a series of monographs written under the inspiration of Aristotle by his students or by Aristotle himself in the second half of the 4th century BCE.
decreesnoun	An edict or law.
enactmentsnoun	(law) The act of making (a bill) into law.
instrumentsnoun	A device used to produce music.
lawnoun	(usually with "the") The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities.
lawsnoun	(US, slang, street slang, uncommon) The police.
leafletsnoun	A small sheet of paper containing information, used for dissemination of said information, often an advertisement.