statute.
A written law or ordinance passed by a legislative body.
Meaning & usage
A written law or ordinance passed by a legislative body.
The new statute limited working hours.
Parliament passed a statute on environmental protection.
A rule of an organization or institution.
A law or decree made by a sovereign, or by God.
A (theoretical) type of statutory law specified as regulating a person or thing.
A (theoretical) type of statutory law specified as regulating a person or thing. Legal status of being subject to this.
A statute fair.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English statut, from Old French statut, from Late Latin statutum (“a statute”), neuter singular of Latin statutus, past participle of statuō (“to set up, establish”).
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