Legal Definition and Related Resources of Affirmative statute
Meaning of Affirmative statute
See “Statute.”
What does Affirmative statute mean in American Law?
The definition of Affirmative statute in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:
A statute which orders or directs someone to do something; a “negative statute” prohibits or forbids. Many statutes, and most of any length, do both, e.g., in the Ten Commandments the “Thou Shalts” are “positive” and the “Thou Shalt Nots” are “negative.”
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This definition of Affirmative Statute Is based on the The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary . This entry needs to be proofread.
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