[Tex/LaTex] Remove Bullet Symbols from List

Question

I have to typeset a document which contains several dozen lists which are already numbered. For various reasons, I cannot use LaTex's enumerate automatic numbering feature for these lists–the numbers have to be entered manually. Nevertheless, the list format has to be maintained. I have used the mdwlist package to cut down on the extra spacing that LaTex adds to lists.

The lists then have both a bullet (added automatically) and a number (entered manually). What I would like to do is simply remove the bullet while keeping the other spacing aspects of the list.

Here is a MWE:

\documentclass[11pt,A4]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{mdwlist}
\title{Brief Article}
\author{The Author}
\begin{document}
\maketitle

\begin{itemize*}

\item 1.\ \ Regular vacations and holidays according to the Law.
\item 2.\ \ Absence for performing examinations in accordance with what is stated in this Law.
\item 3.\ \ Leave without pay, which is not more than casual 20 days during the work year.
\end{itemize*}
\end{document}

Thank you. All of these answers were very helpful.

I agree that it's kind of an odd requirement–the problem is that I am typesetting legislative statutes and sometimes they are incomplete, contain errors in numbering and these errors have to be preserved. Also, for maintenance purposes it's useful to turn off automatic numbering. There is a German package–jura–designed for German legal typesetting and I have a feeling it has a way around these issues, but unfortunately the lengthy documentation is in German only.

Answer 1

You can use enumerate* instead of itemize* for numbered lists. Also the numbers can be added manually:

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{mdwlist}
\title{Brief Article}
\author{The Author}
\begin{document}
\maketitle

\begin{enumerate*}
\item[2.] Regular vacations and holidays according to the Law.
\item[3.] Absence for performing examinations in accordance with what is
      stated in this Law.
\item[5.] Leave without pay, which is not more than casual 20 days during
the work year.
\end{enumerate*}
\end{document}