Legal Definitions - curative statute

A curative statute is a law that corrects an error in a statute's original enactment, usually an error that interferes with interpreting or applying the statute. It is also known as a remedial statute.

For example, a curative statute may be passed to fix a mistake in a previous law that unintentionally made a certain action illegal. The curative statute would correct the mistake and make the action legal again.

Another example of a curative statute is when a law is passed to correct a procedural error in a previous law. This could be something like a mistake in the way a law was passed or a mistake in the wording of the law that makes it difficult to enforce.

Overall, curative statutes are designed to fix mistakes or errors in previous laws to ensure that they are interpreted and applied correctly.