Look up: statute

1. statute
   a law established by an act of the legislature Category: Law
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2. Statute
   An Act of Parliament.
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3. Statute
   The written law approved by Parliament.
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4. Statute
   Stat'ute noun [ French statut , Late Latin statutum , from Latin statutus , past participle of statuere to set, station, ordain, from status position, station, from stare , statum , to stand. See St...
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5. statute
   1. An act of the legislature of a state or country, declaring, commanding, or prohibiting something; a positive law; the written will of the legislature expressed with all the requisite forms of legislation; used in distinction fraom common law. See Common law, under Common. ... Statute is commonly ...
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6. Statute
   • (a.) An act of a corporation or of its founder, intended as a permanent rule or law; as, the statutes of a university. • (a.) An assemblage of farming servants (held possibly by statute) for the purpose of being hired; -- called also statute fair. • (n.) An act of the legislature of...
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7. statute
   (from the article `criminal law`) Human conduct is determined by many factors that are not responsive to criminal statutes. Thus it appears that introducing or abolishing the death ... ...inquiry into government in the localities took place that yielded the so-called Hundred Rolls, a heterogeneous group of records, and brought home ... ...
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8. STATUTE
   A formal written enactment of a legislative body, whether federal, state, city or county. An act of the legislature declaring, commanding, or prohibiting something.
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9. Statute
   A statute is a formal written enactment of a legislative authority that governs a state, city, or county. Typically, statutes command or prohibit something, or declare policy. The word is often used to distinguish law made by legislative bodies from case law, decided by courts, and regulations issu...
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10. statute
    A specific piece of legislation.
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11. statute
    statute, in law, a formal, written enactment by the authorized powers of a state. The term is usually not applied to a written constitution but is restricted to the enactments of a legislature. Statute law is to be distinguished chiefly from common law, which may be defined as the body of legal rule...
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12. Statute
    A law established by an act of the legislature. Under the U.S. and state constitutions, statutes are considered the primary source of law in the U.S. -- that is, legislatures make the law (statutes) and courts interpret the law (cases). Most state statutes are organized by subject matter and published in books referred to as codes. Typically, a...
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13. Statute
    (n) Statute is a written law enacted by federal or state legislation containing the pre-amble, provisions, rules etc for implementing such legislation. Statute differ from ordinance , regulations, rulings and orders and proclamations.
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14. statute
    n. a federal or state written law enacted by the Congress or state legislature, respectively. Local statutes or laws are usually called "ordinances." Regulations, rulings, opinions, executive orders and proclamations are not statutes.
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