Milestones included new statutes for property, companies, contracts and bankruptcy.
"We don't pass murder statutes for our mothers.
Under federal criminal statutes, for example, conspiring to commit terrorist acts is a crime.
Following this model the bishops composed terse capitula, the oldest known diocesan statutes, for their clergy.
Some state statutes, for example, contain so many loopholes that thousands of employees are not covered.
In certain states, there are distinct statutes for hate crimes, those motivated by disgust and prejudice.
The federal government, likewise, has its own statutes for dealing with threats to public health.
Fortunately, or unfortunately, there is no provision in the Hague tribunal's statutes for such cruel and unusual punishment.
Chomsky, Kunz, Schiltz, and Tabb, Selected Commercial Statutes for Secured Transactions Courses (2018).
Anti-discrimination statutes for people with disabilities, immigrants, non-Christian religions and sexual orientation triggered a powerful resentment.
Statutes for cleaning the water and for reducing toxic chemicals in the environment quickly followed, he said.
