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1. (n.) statute
a formal enactment by a legislature.
2. statute
a document setting forth such an enactment.
3. statute
an instrument annexed to an international agreement, as a treaty.
4. statute
a permanent rule established by an organization, corporation, etc., to govern its internal affairs.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME statut < OF estatut < LL statūtum, n. use of neut. of L statūtus, ptp. of statuere to make stand, set up, der. of statusstatus)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) legislative act, statute
an act passed by a legislative body
2. (adj) codified, statute(p)
enacted by a legislative body
"statute law"; "codified written laws"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Statute
an act of a corporation or of its founder, intended as a permanent rule or law; as, the statutes of a university
2. (adj) Statute
an assemblage of farming servants (held possibly by statute) for the purpose of being hired; -- called also statute fair
3. (noun) Statute
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, a
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The Roycroft Dictionary |
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Statute
The proof, record and final justification of the infallibility of Ignorance.
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Sense: a written law of a country.
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 Afrikaans: statuut |
 Arabic: قانون |
 Bulgarian: закон |
 Brazilian: estatuto |
 Czech: zákon |
 German: das Gesetz |
 Danish: lov |
 Greek: νόμος |
 Estonian: seadus |
 Farsi: قانون |
 Finnish: asetus |
 French: loi |
 Hebrew: חוֹק |
 Hindi: लिखित संविधान |
 Croatian: statut, pisani zakon |
 Hungarian: törvény |
 Indonesian: undang-undang |
 Icelandic: (lands)lög |
 Italian: statuto, legge |
 Japanese: 法令 |
 Korean: 법령, 법규 |
 Lithuanian: rašytinis įstatymas, stat |
 Latvian: statūti; valsts likums |
 Malay: undang-undang |
 Dutch: statuut |
 Norwegian: lov(tekst) |
 Polish: ustawa |
 Portuguese: estatuto |
 Romanian: lege |
 Russian: статут |
 Slovak: zákon |
 Slovenian: statut |
 Serbian: statut |
 Swedish: lag, författning |
 Thai: พระราชบัญญัติ; กฎหมายที่ไ |
 Turkish: yasa, kanun |
 Taiwanese: 法令，法規，成文法 |
 Ukrainian: статут; закон |
 Urdu: کسی ملک کا تحریری قانون |
 Vietnamese: đạo luật |
 Chinese: 法令，法规，成文法 |
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