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A statute
A positive law created by state legislature or congress
It is called a bill
In 1297 the Model Parliament confirmed Magna Carta in statute law. Much of this statute has since been repealed. It should be noted that while Parliament can repeal or amend any Act of Parliament (statute), Parliament was not a party to the original Common Law contract, and cannot, therefore, amend or repeal it lawfully, and thus its original provisions remain intact.
The recent statute passed by The Parliament was one that states you must be eighteen to drive.
Statute law and common law are the two types of laws in Australia. Statute law refers to the legislation passed in parliament. Upon approval by parliament, statute law becomes common law. Common law emanates from the judiciary, and they are laws passed by juries and judges.
A statute is an act of parliament and an act of parliament is the legislative decree of the queen in parliament there are five different types of acts which are public general local personal and private.
The United Kingdom is a 'devolved unitary' state, for the UK to become 'federal' it would require a written constitution as the Westminster parliament can simply abolish any of the devolved assemblies under ordinary statute law.
A statute law is made by parliament. Statute is legislation and acts. A judge-made law, or a common law, is a result of judicial decisions, decisions which originate from court cases.
A constitution is a legislation direct from the people , while a statute(see Art. VI Sec. 1.) is a legislation from the people's representatives.
Petition of Rights
Well, the statute of labourers was a law passed by English government/Parliament to prevent the surviving peasants from freedom. The Statute of Labourers was an act passed by the English Parliament under King Edward III to prevent the peasants from obtaining higher wages. Do to the decline in population after the Black Plague the peasants had demanded higher wages, and so to counter, the Landowners asked Parliament to pass the act. This further lead to - indirectly though - peasants being denied their freedom.