statute

 

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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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈstæt͡ʃuːt/

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statute (countable and uncountable, plural statutes)

1. Written law as laid down by a legislature.

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

• “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.

• tautest

statūte

1. vocative masculine singular of statūtus

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

statute n

1. plural of statut

statute (Cyrillic spelling статуте)

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