statute
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
statute (countable and uncountable, plural statutes)
- Written law, as laid down by the legislature.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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 readingEdit
- statute in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- statute in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
AnagramsEdit
LatinEdit
ParticipleEdit
statūte
ReferencesEdit
- “statute”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers