define statute law
Statutory law or statute law is written law set down by a body of legislature or by a singular legislator (in the case of an absolute monarchy). This is as opposed to opposed to oral or customary law; or regulatory law promulgated by the executive or common law of the judiciary.he 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..