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Etymology

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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).

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Noun

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statute (countable and uncountable, plural statutes)

  1. A written law or ordinance passed by a legislative body. [from ca. 1300s]
  2. A rule of an organization or institution. [from 1389]
  3. (archaic, biblical) A law or decree made by a sovereign, or by God.
  4. (law, historical) A (theoretical) type of statutory law specified as regulating a person or thing. [from 1791]
    1. Legal status of being subject to this.
  5. (historical) A statute fair. [from before 1600]

Coordinate terms

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  • (written law as laid down by the legislature): regulation (written law as laid down by a regulatory agency of a governmental executive body)

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Latin

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Participle

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statūte

  1. vocative masculine singular of statūtus

References

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  • statute”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Romanian

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Noun

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statute n

  1. plural of statut

Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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statute (Cyrillic spelling статуте)

  1. inflection of statut:
    1. accusative plural
    2. vocative singular