Both Uses of
statutory law
in
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
- They may be dumb in many ways but they know the City's statutes backward and forward.†
Chpt 24 *statutes = laws developed by governmental groups in contrast to common law (based on custom and precedent)
- He was familiar with the state's statutes and was completely capable of trying a case in court.†
Chpt 49
Definition:
law developed by governmental groups in contrast to common law (based on custom and precedent) -- this is also one of the senses of the term, civil law