statute
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English statut, from Old French statut, from Late Latin statutum (“a statute”), neuter singular of Latin statutus, past participle of statuō (“I set up, establish”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
statute (countable and uncountable, plural statutes)
- Written law as laid down by a legislature.
Coordinate terms edit
- regulation (written law as laid down by a regulatory agency of a governmental executive body)
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
written law as laid down by the legislature
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legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law
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Further reading edit
- “statute”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “statute”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Participle edit
statūte
References edit
- “statute”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Romanian edit
Noun edit
statute n
Serbo-Croatian edit
Noun edit
statute (Cyrillic spelling статуте)
- inflection of statut: