statute

IPA: stˈætʃut

noun

  • Written law as laid down by a legislature.
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Examples of "statute" in Sentences

  • He just violated statute.
  • It changed the Statute of the party.
  • The statute mile is based on furlongs.
  • This view of the statute is overly myopic.
  • The miscegenation statute was repealed in 1959.
  • The statutes of the university established the college.
  • It was the first modification of the Occupation statute.
  • The operative law is a patchwork of statutes and case law.
  • This statute is about one thing and it's NOT traffic safety.
  • A plea of the statute of limitations is a plea to the merits.
  • In court, the wording of the statute is the ultimate arbiter.
  • This statute is actually worse than those in Arizona and Oklahoma.
  • It also makes one wonder to what extent the statute is actually Constitutional .....
  • Read () "UPDATE arrest_charges SET statute = @statute, fciccodev = @fciccodev, fsdesc
  • "UPDATE [arrest_charges] SET [statute] = @statute, [count] = @count WHERE [charge_rec_num] = @charge_rec_num"
  • On the constitutional avoidance canon, that only applies where the statute is ambiguous and there is a serious constitutional question.
  • The plain language of the statute applied to the plaintiffs, but in my view there was not much point in telling a judge that the plain language of the statute is the plain language of the statute.
  • Taken together, these considera-tions lead us to conclude that the statute is a “necessary and proper” means of exercising the federal authority thatpermits Congress to create federal criminal laws, to pun-ish their violation, to imprison violators, to provide appropriately for those imprisoned, and to maintain the securityof those who are not imprisoned but who may be affected by the federal imprisonment of others.
  • Taken together, these considerations lead us to conclude that the statute is a “necessary and proper” means of exercising the federal authority that permits Congress to create federal criminal laws, to punish their violation, to imprison violators, to provide appropriately for those imprisoned, and to maintain the security of those who are not imprisoned but who may be affected by the federal imprisonment of others. (emphasis added).

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