500.020 Offenses defined by statute -- Common law abolished
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500.020 Offenses defined by statute -- Common law abolished.
(1) Common law offenses are abolished and no act or omission shall constitute a
criminal offense unless designated a crime or violation under this code or another
statute of this state.
(2) This provision shall not affect the power of a court to punish for contempt or to
employ any sanction authorized by law for the enforcement of an order or a civil
judgment or decree.
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