statute

English

Etymology

From Middle English status, 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): /ˈstætʃuːt/

Noun

statute (countable and uncountable, plural statutes)

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

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Further reading
  • statute in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • statute in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

statūte

  1. vocative masculine singular of statūtus

References
  • statute in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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