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statute law

statute law

noun

  1. a law enacted by a legislative body
  2. a particular example of this
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of statute law1

First recorded in 1605–15
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"R v Brown is in case law but bearing in mind we've got a new Domestic Abuse Bill, it would be right to put it in statute law," she said.

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My fear is that the government will seek to bypass statute law by passing an order of council to suspend the act until after 31 October.

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My fear is that the government will seek to bypass statute law, by passing an order of council to suspend the act until after 31 October.

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“My fear is that the government will seek to bypass statute law, by passing an order of council to suspend the Act until after 31 October,” he said.

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In their decision, a 52-page judgment, they cited both Pakistan’s statute law and Islam’s holy book, the Quran, to justify the acquittal.

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