Declaratory Statute
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Astatute declaratory of the common law. A statute which, instead of introducing a new law, only declares what is the existing law; and the object of which is to remove doubts which have arisen on the subject. 1 Chitt Bl, Com, 86, and note.