Depending upon its context in usage, a statute may mean a single act of a legislature or a body of acts which are collected and arranged according to a scheme or for a session of a legislature or parliament. That law which establishes rights and obligations, as distinguished from procedural law, which is concerned with rules for establishing their judicial enforcement. The court of last resort in the federal judicial system. In state judicial systems, except New York and Massachusetts, the highest appellate court or court of last resort. A category of civil wrongs which do not involve a contractual relationship.
Torts are what makes a personal injury lawyer salivate.
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