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Statutes & Codes

A statute is a "federal or state written law enacted by the Congress or state legislature, respectively. Local statutes or laws are usually called ordinances."  A code is a "collection of written laws gathered together, usually covering specific subject matter. Thus, there may be a civil code, corporations code, education code, evidence code, health and safety codes, insurance code, labor code, motor vehicle code, penal code, revenue and taxation code, and so forth."

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