counterstatute

English

Etymology

counter- +‎ statute

Noun

counterstatute (plural counterstatutes)

1. A statute that counteracts or opposes another statute.
   • 2004, Stanley J. Stein, Barbara H. Stein, Apogee of Empire, page 19:

     […] the contradictory, repetitive, and often confusing labyrinth of statutes and counterstatutes issued by the central authorities […]