Definition of statute Statute

/stæˈʧut/ - [statchut] - stat•ute

We found 10 definitions of statute from 6 different sources.

What does statute mean?

Adjective
statute - enacted by a legislative body; "statute law"; "codified written laws"
		codified
Noun
statute - an act passed by a legislative body
		legislative act
		enactment, act the passing of a law by a legislative body
		jurisprudence, law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
		rider a clause that is appended to a legislative bill
		fair-trade act formerly a state law that protected manufacturers from price-cutting by allowing them to set minimum retail prices for their merchandise; eliminated by the United States Congress in 1975
		stamp act an act passed by the British Parliament in 1756 that raised revenue from the American Colonies by a duty in the form of a stamp required on all newspapers and legal or commercial documents; opposition by the Colonies resulted in the repeal of the act in 1766
		enabling act, enabling clause a provision in a law that confers on appropriate officials the power to implement or enforce the law
		fisa, foreign intelligence surveillance act an act passed by Congress in 1978 to establish procedures for requesting judicial authorization for foreign intelligence surveillance and to create the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court; intended to increase United States counterintelligence; separate from ordinary law enforcement surveillance
		ordinance a statute enacted by a city government

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statute (Noun)
Written law, as laid down by the legislature.
statute (Noun)
Common law Legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law by those it governs.

statute (n.)
An act of the legislature of a state or country, declaring, commanding, or prohibiting something; a positive law; the written will of the legislature expressed with all the requisite forms of legislation; -- used in distinction fraom common law. See Common law, under Common, a.
statute (a.)
An act of a corporation or of its founder, intended as a permanent rule or law; as, the statutes of a university.
statute (a.)
An assemblage of farming servants (held possibly by statute) for the purpose of being hired; -- called also statute fair.

statute
stat′ūt, n. 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.—adj. Stat′ūtable, made by statute: according to statute.—adv. Stat′ūtably.—ns. Stat′ute-book, a record of statutes or enacted laws; Stat′ute-cap (Shak.), a kind of cap enjoined to be worn by a statute passed in 1571 in behalf of the cap-makers; Stat′ute-roll, an enrolled statute.—adj. Stat′ūtory, enacted by statute: depending on statute for its authority. [L. statutum, that which is set up—statuĕre.]

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