statutory offense

Other forms: statutory offenses

Definitions of statutory offense

1. noun

   crimes created by statutes and not by common law
   synonyms: regulatory offence, regulatory offense, statutory offence

   types:

   sex crime, sex offense, sexual abuse, sexual assault

   a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat

   bigamy

   the offense of marrying someone while you have a living spouse from whom no valid divorce has occurred

   molestation

   the act of subjecting someone to unwanted or improper sexual advances or activity (especially women or children)

   type of:

   crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offence, offense

   (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act