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Statute vs Substatute - What's the difference?

statute | substatute |

As nouns the difference between statute and substatute

is that statute is written law, as laid down by the legislature while substatute is a secondary or lesser statute.

statute

English

(wikipedia statute)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Written law, as laid down by the legislature.
  • (legal) (Common law) Legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law by those it governs.

    • Derived terms

    * statutory * statutorily * statutory rape

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    substatute

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A secondary or lesser statute.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2008, date=June 23, author=Susan Dominus, title=Uniting Neighbors, in Fun and Sorrow, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=But those were substatutes of Ms. Hyams’s code for apartment life, which mostly celebrated and mandated intrabuilding socializing. Ms. Hyams, the doting owner of a gray poodle (“she wore it like a brooch,” said one neighbor), organized pet play dates on her floor. }}