A law enacted by a state legislature or by Congress is called?

A law enacted by a state legislature or by Congress is called?

• A. Regulation
• B. Enabling act
• C. Administrative law
• D. Statute

Answer: (D)

Statute refers to a formal law enacted by a legislative body. When a state legislature or Congress passes a bill and it becomes law, it is a statute that lays out legal requirements, prohibitions, or permissions that people and government must follow. This distinguishes it from regulations, which are the detailed rules issued by administrative agencies to implement statutes; an enabling act is the statute that creates an agency and authorizes it to act; administrative law is the body of rules and principles governing how those agencies operate. So, the law enacted by a state legislature or Congress is a statute.

Statute refers to a formal law enacted by a legislative body. When a state legislature or Congress passes a bill and it becomes law, it is a statute that lays out legal requirements, prohibitions, or permissions that people and government must follow. This distinguishes it from regulations, which are the detailed rules issued by administrative agencies to implement statutes; an enabling act is the statute that creates an agency and authorizes it to act; administrative law is the body of rules and principles governing how those agencies operate. So, the law enacted by a state legislature or Congress is a statute.