Definition of statutory offense Statutory offense
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What does statutory offense mean?
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| statutory offense - crimes created by statutes and not by common law | ||
| statutory offence, regulatory offense, regulatory offence | ||
| criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, crime, offence, offense (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" | ||
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