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<p>A <b>statute</b> is a law or formal written enactment of a <a href="page.php?w=legislature">legislature</a>. Statutes typically declare, command or prohibit something. Statutes are distinguished from court law and unwritten law (also known as <a href="page.php?w=common_law">common law</a>) in that they are the expressed will of a legislative body, whether that be on the behalf of a country, state or province, county, <a href="page.php?w=municipality">municipality</a>, or so on. They are also distinguished from <a href="page.php?w=secondary_legislation">secondary legislation</a>,</p><p>
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