counterstatute
English
Etymology
counter- + statute
Noun
counterstatute (plural counterstatutes)
- A statute that counteracts or opposes another statute.
- 2004, Stanley J. Stein, Barbara H. Stein, Apogee of Empire (page 19)
- […] the contradictory, repetitive, and often confusing labyrinth of statutes and counterstatutes issued by the central authorities […]
- 2004, Stanley J. Stein, Barbara H. Stein, Apogee of Empire (page 19)