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A sentence everyone agreed to obey, written by people who'll be dead before it's enforced.
latin rootFrom statutum, meaning 'that which is set up'
vs common lawBeats judge-made rulings when the two collide
limitationsSome crimes expire; murder usually never does
oldest live oneEngland's 1267 Statute of Marlborough still binds
zombie lawsMany stay on books long after enforcement stops