- codified, statute - enacted by a legislative body; "statute law"; "codified written laws"
Antonym: unwritten (indirect, via written)
- legislative act, statute - an act passed by a legislative body
--1 is a kind of act, enactment
--1 has parts: rider
--1 has particulars:Stamp Act; enabling act, enabling clause; Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, FISA; ordinance; special act