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• S: (n) legislation, statute law (law enacted by a legislative body)
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• S: (n) law, jurisprudence (the collection of rules imposed by authority) "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
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• S: (n) civil law (the body of laws established by a state or nation for its own regulation)
• S: (n) case law, precedent, common law ((civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions)
• S: (n) legislation, statute law (law enacted by a legislative body)
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• S: (n) legislation, legislating, lawmaking (the act of making or enacting laws)
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