statutory offense

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statutory offense

A legal offense declared by statute.

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statutory offense - crimes created by statutes and not by common law

regulatory offence, regulatory offense, statutory offence

crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offense, offence - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"

sex crime, sex offense, sexual abuse, sexual assault - a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat; "most states have replaced the common law definition of rape with statutes defining sexual assault"

bigamy - the offense of marrying someone while you have a living spouse from whom no valid divorce has occurred

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