enactment,
act the passing of a law by a legislative body
jurisprudence,
law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
rider a clause that is appended to a legislative bill
fair-trade act 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
stamp act 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
enabling act,
enabling clause a provision in a law that confers on appropriate officials the power to implement or enforce the law
fisa,
foreign intelligence surveillance act 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
statute -
Written law, as laid down by the legislature.
statute -
Common law Legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law by those it governs.
Wikipedia
A statute is a formal written enactment of a legislative authority that governs a state, city, or county. Typically, statutes command or prohibit something, or declare policy. The word is often used to distinguish law made by legislative bodies from case law and the regulations issued by government agencies.
