statute
English
Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstæt͡ʃuːt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun
statute (countable and uncountable, plural statutes)
- Written law as laid down by a legislature.
Coordinate terms
- regulation (written law as laid down by a regulatory agency of a governmental executive body)
Derived terms
Translations
written law as laid down by the legislature
|
legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law
|
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Translations to be checked
|
Further reading
- “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.
Anagrams
Latin
References
- “statute”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Romanian
Serbo-Croatian
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.