statute
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1. an act passed by a legislative body (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | act, enactment, |
| definition | : | a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | fair-trade act, |
| definition | : | formerly a state law that protected manufacturers from price-cutting by allowing them to set minimum retail prices for their merchandise; eliminated by the United States Congress in 1975 (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | stamp act, |
| definition | : | an act passed by the British Parliament in 1756 that raised revenue from the American Colonies by a duty in the form of a stamp required on all newspapers and legal or commercial documents; opposition by the Colonies resulted in the repeal of the act in 1766 (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | enabling act, enabling clause, |
| definition | : | a provision in a law that confers on appropriate officials the power to implement or enforce the law (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | fisa, foreign intelligence surveillance act, |
| definition | : | an act passed by Congress in 1978 to establish procedures for requesting judicial authorization for foreign intelligence surveillance and to create the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court; intended to increase United States counterintelligence; separate from ordinary law enforcement surveillance (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | ordinance, |
| definition | : | a statute enacted by a city government (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | special act, |
| definition | : | a legislative act that applies only to a particular person or particular district (noun.communication) |
| part holonym | : | rider, |
| definition | : | a clause that is appended to a legislative bill (noun.communication) |
| domain category | : | jurisprudence, law, |
| definition | : | the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group) |
2. enacted by a legislative body (adj.all)
| similar | : | written, |
| definition | : | systematically collected and written down (adj.all) |
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