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- The miscegenation statute was repealed in 1959.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.
- A plea of the statute of limitations is a plea to the merits.
- In court, the wording of the statute is the ultimate arbiter.
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