What term describes law that is found in statutes enacted by the legislature and codified?

• A. Case law
• B. Issue
• C. Contestant
• D. Statutory law

Answer: (D)

The main idea is identifying law that comes from legislative action and is organized in codes. Statutory law is created when the legislature passes statutes, and those laws are then codified into organized codes for easy reference. This distinguishes it from case law, which grows from court decisions interpreting statutes and applying legal principles; case law shapes how laws are applied but isn’t the product of legislative enactment. The other terms don’t describe sources of law: an “issue” is a legal question to be resolved, and a “contestant” is a party in a contest, not a type of law. Therefore, law found in statutes enacted by the legislature and codified is statutory law.