Statute

Legal statutes reference — statutory interpretation, legislative process, types of statutes, and citation formats. Use when researching laws, understanding statutory construction, or analyzing legislative text.

Statute — Legal Statutes Reference

Quick-reference skill for understanding statutes, legislative structure, and statutory interpretation.

When to Use

• Understanding how statutes are structured and organized
• Interpreting statutory language and legislative intent
• Researching the legislative process (bill to law)
• Citing statutes correctly in legal documents
• Comparing common law vs statutory law

Commands

intro

scripts/script.sh intro

Overview of statutes — definition, types, hierarchy of law.

process

scripts/script.sh process

How a bill becomes law — the legislative process step by step.

structure

scripts/script.sh structure

Anatomy of a statute — titles, chapters, sections, subsections.

interpretation

scripts/script.sh interpretation

Statutory interpretation — canons of construction, textualism, purposivism.

types

scripts/script.sh types

Types of statutes — criminal, civil, procedural, enabling, remedial.

citation

scripts/script.sh citation

How to cite statutes — Bluebook, ALWD, and practical formats.

examples

scripts/script.sh examples

Notable statutes and their impact — landmark U.S. legislation.

checklist

scripts/script.sh checklist

Statutory research checklist for legal analysis.

help

scripts/script.sh help

version

scripts/script.sh version

Configuration

Variable	Description
STATUTE_DIR	Data directory (default: ~/.statute/)

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