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Statutory law or statute law is written law (as opposed to oral or customary law) set down by
a legislature (as opposed to regulatory law promulgated by the executive branch or common law of the
judiciary in a typical democracy/republic) or by a legislator (in the case of an absolute monarchy).[1]
Statutes may originate with national, state legislatures or local municipalities. Statutes of lower jurisdictions
are subordinate to the law of higher.

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1 Codified Law
2 Private/Particular Law
3 References
4 External links
[edit]Codified

Law

Main article: Codification (law)

The term codified law refers to statutes that have been organized ("codified") by subject matter; in this
narrower sense, some but not all statutes are considered "codified." The entire body of codified statute is
referred to as a "code," such as the United States Code, theOhio Revised Code or the Code of Canon Law.
The substantive provisions of the Act could be codified (arranged by subject matter) in one or more titles of
the United States Code while the "effective date" provisionsremaining uncodifiedwould be available by
reference to the United States Statutes at Large. Another meaning of "codified law" is a statute that takes
the common law in a certain area of the law and puts it in statute or code form.

[edit]Private/Particular

Law

Another example of statutes that are not typically codified is a "private law" that may originate as a private
bill, a law affecting only one person or a small group of persons. An example was divorce in Canada prior
to the passage of the Divorce Act of 1968. It was possible to obtain a legislative divorce in Canada by
application to the Canadian Senate, which reviewed and investigated petitions for divorce, which would
then be voted upon by the Senate and subsequently made into law. In the United Kingdom Parliament,
private bills were used in the nineteenth century to create corporations, grant monopolies and give

individuals attention to be more fully considered by the parliament. The government may also seek to have
a bill introduced unofficially by a backbencher so as not to create a public scandal; such bills may also be
introduced by the loyal opposition members of the opposition party or parties. Sometimes a private
member's bill may also have private bill aspects, in such case the proposed legislation is called a hybrid
bill.
In Canon Law, private law is called "particular law." [2]

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^ Fundamental Law of Vatican City State, Art. 1 1

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^ Canon 13 1, 1983 CIC

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