counterstatute

noun

counterstatute

noun

Etymology From counter- + statute.

1

A statute that counteracts or opposes another statute.

[…] the contradictory, repetitive, and often confusing labyrinth of statutes and counterstatutes issued by the central authorities […]2004, Stanley J. Stein, Barbara H. Stein, Apogee of Empire, page 19:

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.