STATUTE
\stˈat͡ʃuːt], \stˈatʃuːt], \s_t_ˈa_tʃ_uː_t]\
Definitions of STATUTE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Legal Glossary Database
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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enacted by a legislative body; "statute law"; "codified written laws"
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an act passed by a legislative body
By Princeton University
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enacted by a legislative body; "statute law"; "codified written laws"
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an act passed by a legislative body
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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An act of a corporation or of its founder, intended as a permanent rule or law; as, the statutes of a university.
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An assemblage of farming servants (held possibly by statute) for the purpose of being hired; -- called also statute fair.
By Oddity Software
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A written law passed by Congress or a state legislature and signed into law by the President or a state governor. (In fairly rare circumstances, a legislative act can become law without the approval of the head of the executive branch of government.) Statutes are often gathered into compilations called "codes," large sets of books that can be found in many public and all law libraries, or sometimes on the Internet.
By Oddity Software
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A law expressly enacted by the legislature (as distinguished from a customary law or law of use and wont): a written law: the act of a corporation or its founder, intended as a permanent rule or law.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
