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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Statute has 1 sense
- statute(n = noun.communication) legislative act - an act passed by a legislative body; has parts: rider
is a kind of act, enactment
has particulars: fair-trade act, stamp act, enabling act, enabling clause, fisa, foreign intelligence surveillance act, ordinance, special act
Adjective Statute has 1 sense
- statute(s = adj.all) codified - enacted by a legislative body; "statute law"; "codified written laws"
CIDE DICTIONARY
Statute, n. [F. statut, LL. statutum, from L. statutus, p. p. of statuere to set, station, ordain, fr. status position, station, fr. stare, statum, to stand. See Stand, and cf. Constitute, Destitute.].
- 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 from
common law . SeeCommon law , under Common,a. Bouvier. [1913 Webster]" Statute is commonly applied to the acts of a legislative body consisting of representatives. In monarchies, the laws of the sovereign are called edicts, decrees, ordinances, rescripts, etc. In works on international law and in the Roman law, the term is used as embracing all laws imposed by competent authority. Statutes in this sense are divided into statutes real, statutes personal, and statutes mixed; statutes real applying to immovables; statutes personal to movables; and statutes mixed to both classes of property." [1913 Webster] - An act of a corporation or of its founder, intended as a permanent rule or law; as, the statutes of a university. [1913 Webster]
- An assemblage of farming servants (held possibly by statute) for the purpose of being hired; -- called also
statute fair . Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- Act; regulation; edict; decree. See Law.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Statute, n.
1 a written law passed by a legislative body, e.g. an Act of Parliament.
2 a rule of a corporation, founder, etc., intended to be permanent (against the University Statutes).
3 divine law (kept thy statutes).
1 a written law passed by a legislative body, e.g. an Act of Parliament.
2 a rule of a corporation, founder, etc., intended to be permanent (against the University Statutes).
3 divine law (kept thy statutes).
Idiom
statute-barred (of a case etc.) no longer legally enforceable by reason of the lapse of time. statute-book
1 a book or books containing the statute law.
2 the body of a country's statutes.
statute law
1 (collect.) the body of principles and rules of law laid down in statutes as distinct from rules formulated in practical application (cf. common law, case-law (see CASE(1))).
2 a statute. statute mile see MILE 1.
statute-roll
1 the rolls in the Public Records Office containing the statutes of the Parliament of England.
2 = statute-book. statutes at large the statutes as originally enacted, regardless of later modifications.
1 a book or books containing the statute law.
2 the body of a country's statutes.
statute law
1 (collect.) the body of principles and rules of law laid down in statutes as distinct from rules formulated in practical application (cf. common law, case-law (see CASE(1))).
2 a statute. statute mile see MILE 1.
statute-roll
1 the rolls in the Public Records Office containing the statutes of the Parliament of England.
2 = statute-book. statutes at large the statutes as originally enacted, regardless of later modifications.
Etymology
ME f. OF statut f. LL statutum neut. past part. of L statuere set up f. status: see STATUS