A law is a broad term that refers to any rule that is made and enforced by the government regardless of the source. A statute is a law that is written and passed specifically by a legislative body, such as congress or state legislature. So, every statute is a law, but not every law is a statute since laws can also come from the constitutions, regulations, and court rulings.
What we call “The Law” is a collection of statutes passed by a legislature, so from a legal perspective when someone tells you you broke the law, they’re saying you are really violating one or more statutes. So “statute” is a precise term and “law” is a broad, general term. There’s no statute about gravity (except maybe in Ohio where they once tried to pass a statute defining Pi as 3), for example, but we do talk about the “Law of Gravity”
I’m assuming you’re a brighter-than-typical five-year old.
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A statute is a kind of law. Specifically a written one passed by a legislative body.
There are other kinds of law- common or case law, constitutional law, and regulatory laws, for instance.
A law is a broad term that refers to any rule that is made and enforced by the government regardless of the source. A statute is a law that is written and passed specifically by a legislative body, such as congress or state legislature. So, every statute is a law, but not every law is a statute since laws can also come from the constitutions, regulations, and court rulings.
What we call “The Law” is a collection of statutes passed by a legislature, so from a legal perspective when someone tells you you broke the law, they’re saying you are really violating one or more statutes. So “statute” is a precise term and “law” is a broad, general term. There’s no statute about gravity (except maybe in Ohio where they once tried to pass a statute defining Pi as 3), for example, but we do talk about the “Law of Gravity”
I’m assuming you’re a brighter-than-typical five-year old.
A law is any rule the government enforces.
A statute is a specific type of law written and passed by a legislature.
So, all statutes are laws, but not all laws are statutes.
A statute is a law made by prostitutes of the law.