These are the statutes and the ordinances that you shall observe to do in the land that Hashem, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess it, all the days that you live on the earth.
English: “These are the statutes and the ordinances” — The Sages taught: “The statutes” are the midrashic expositions; “the ordinances” are the civil laws.
On the daf / in context: The classic distinction associates chukim with matters whose reason is not obvious (or with the interpretive tradition) and mishpatim with rational civil jurisprudence.
Type of Learning
Derash on the verse (Sifrei / Bavli) — defining the categories of chukim and mishpatim.
What Is Learned
“Chukim” refers to midrashic teachings; “mishpatim” refers to the civil laws.