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statutory offense

–noun Law.
a wrong punishable under a statute, rather than at common law.
Also called statutory crime.


Origin:
1930–35
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statutory offense  
n.  A legal offense declared by statute.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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