statutory offence
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Crimestatutory offenceˌstatutory ofˈfence noun [countable] lawSCC a crime that is described by a law and can be punished by a courtExamples from the Corpusstatutory offence• It created a statutory offence of riot - 12 or more people using or threatening violence for an unlawful purpose.• That is a statutory offence or, more bluntly put, a criminal offence.