NOUN | act | statutory offense, statutory offence, regulatory offense, regulatory offence | crimes created by statutes and not by common ... / common law |
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Meaning | crimes created by statutes and not by common ... / common law. | |
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Synonyms | statutory offence, regulatory offense, regulatory offence | |
Narrower | bigamy | The offense of marrying someone while you have a living spouse from whom no valid divorce has occurred |
sexual assault, sexual abuse, sex crime, sex offense | 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 | |
Broader | crime, criminal offense, criminal offence, law-breaking | (criminal law) an act punishable by law |
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