Negative Statute
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
One which is enacted in negative terms, and which so controls the common law that it has no force in opposition to the statute. Bac. Abr. Statutes (G); Brook, Abr. Parliament, pi.
72; Bish. Writ. L. § 153.