Would the new statutory definition be taken as a fresh start?

However, in many cases the statutory definition closely mirrors the common law one.

For example, murder is still a common law offence and lacks a statutory definition.

It is not to be treated as if it were a statutory definition.

A variety of arguments are offered to suggest that a statutory definition would be a bad idea or impossible.

'This statutory definition of obscenity really makes the head swim.

There could, of course, be an entirely new statutory definition either wider or more restricted than existing law.

There is no statutory definition of privacy in Australia.

First, tobacco products (including cigarettes) fall within the scope of this statutory definition, read literally.

Jenkins could make all the arguments he wanted about strict statutory definitions, but the charge would stick.

Its task is complicated by the following interpretations of the statutory definition:

It is extraordinary that there is no statutory definition of charity in English law.

By statutory definition the term "employ" includes "to suffer or permit to work."

However, whether or not a statutory definition of charity is introduced the present problems must not be exaggerated.

There is no statutory definition of occupier so it is necessary to turn to the common law.

Apart from special statutory definitions, the term "Party Wall" may be used in four different legal senses.

Moreover, the Court asserted, independent expenditures create less risk of corruption because, by statutory definition, candidates cannot control them.

The trouble is that the amendment itself relies on statutory definitions that can easily be changed.

Rather the court gave an authoritative ruling on how the statutory definition applies in the case of a motor vehicle.

At Budget 2011 the Government announced that it would introduce a statutory definition of tax residence.

"Nicotine fits the statutory definition of a drug."

The statutory definition of homicide is the "unlawful killing of one human being by another."

This possibility arises from the complex statutory definition of your period of 'continuous employment'.

If a statutory definition were to be promulgated, it would lead to confusion, and a spate of litigation.

"There is no statutory definition of a homophobic or transphobic incident.