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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Statute \Stat"ute\ (-[-u]t), n. [F. statut, LL. statutum, from
     L. statutus, p. p. of statuere to set, station, ordain, fr.
     status position, station, fr. stare, statum, to stand. See
     Stand, and cf. Constitute, Destitute.]
     1. An act of the legislature of a state or country,
        declaring, commanding, or prohibiting something; a
        positive law; the written will of the legislature
        expressed with all the requisite forms of legislation; --
        used in distinction from common law. See Common law,
        under Common, a. --Bouvier.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Statute is commonly applied to the acts of a
           legislative body consisting of representatives. In
           monarchies, the laws of the sovereign are called
           edicts, decrees, ordinances, rescripts, etc. In works
           on international law and in the Roman law, the term is
           used as embracing all laws imposed by competent
           authority. Statutes in this sense are divided into
           statutes real, statutes personal, and statutes mixed;
           statutes real applying to immovables; statutes personal
           to movables; and statutes mixed to both classes of
           property.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     2. An act of a corporation or of its founder, intended as a
        permanent rule or law; as, the statutes of a university.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. An assemblage of farming servants (held possibly by
        statute) for the purpose of being hired; -- called also
        statute fair. [Eng.] Cf. 3d Mop, 2. --Halliwell.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Statute book, a record of laws or legislative acts.
        --Blackstone.
  
     Statute cap, a kind of woolen cap; -- so called because
        enjoined to be worn by a statute, dated in 1571, in behalf
        of the trade of cappers. [Obs.] --Halliwell.
  
     Statute fair. See Statute, n., 3, above.
  
     Statute labor, a definite amount of labor required for the
        public service in making roads, bridges, etc., as in
        certain English colonies.
  
     Statute merchant (Eng. Law), a bond of record pursuant to
        the stat. 13 Edw. I., acknowledged in form prescribed, on
        which, if not paid at the day, an execution might be
        awarded against the body, lands, and goods of the debtor,
        and the obligee might hold the lands until out of the
        rents and profits of them the debt was satisfied; --
        called also a pocket judgment. It is now fallen into
        disuse. --Tomlins. --Bouvier.
  
     Statute mile. See under Mile.
  
     Statute of limitations (Law), a statute assigning a certain
        time, after which rights can not be enforced by action.
  
     Statute staple, a bond of record acknowledged before the
        mayor of the staple, by virtue of which the creditor may,
        on nonpayment, forthwith have execution against the body,
        lands, and goods of the debtor, as in the statute
        merchant. It is now disused. --Blackstone.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Act; regulation; edict; decree. See Law.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Retroactive \Re`tro*act"ive\, a. [Cf. F. r['e]troactif.]
     Fitted or designed to retroact; operating by returned action;
     affecting what is past; retrospective. --Beddoes.
  
     Retroactive law or statute (Law), one which operates to
        make criminal or punishable, or in any way expressly to
        affect, acts done prior to the passing of the law.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Statute \Stat"ute\, n. [F. statut, LL. statutum, from L.
     statutus, p. p. of statuere to set, station, ordain, fr.
     status position, station, fr. stare, statum, to stand. See
     Stand, and cf. Constitute, Destitute.]
     1. An act of the legislature of a state or country,
        declaring, commanding, or prohibiting something; a
        positive law; the written will of the legislature
        expressed with all the requisite forms of legislation; --
        used in distinction fraom common law. See Common law,
        under Common, a. --Bouvier.
  
     Note: Statute is commonly applied to the acts of a
           legislative body consisting of representatives. In
           monarchies, legislature laws of the sovereign are
           called edicts, decrees, ordinances, rescripts, etc. In
           works on international law and in the Roman law, the
           term is used as embracing all laws imposed by competent
           authority. Statutes in this sense are divided into
           statutes real, statutes personal, and statutes mixed;
           statutes real applying to immovables; statutes personal
           to movables; and statutes mixed to both classes of
           property.
  
     2. An act of a corporation or of its founder, intended as a
        permanent rule or law; as, the statutes of a university.
  
     3. An assemblage of farming servants (held possibly by
        statute) for the purpose of being hired; -- called also
        statute fair. [Eng.] Cf. 3d Mop, 2. --Halliwell.
  
     Statute book, a record of laws or legislative acts.
        --Blackstone.
  
     Statute cap, a kind of woolen cap; -- so called because
        enjoined to be worn by a statute, dated in 1571, in behalf
        of the trade of cappers. [Obs.] --Halliwell.
  
     Statute fair. See Statute, n., 3, above.
  
     Statute labor, a definite amount of labor required for the
        public service in making roads, bridges, etc., as in
        certain English colonies.
  
     Statute merchant (Eng. Law), a bond of record pursuant to
        the stat. 13 Edw. I., acknowledged in form prescribed, on
        which, if not paid at the day, an execution might be
        awarded against the body, lands, and goods of the debtor,
        and the obligee might hold the lands until out of the
        rents and profits of them the debt was satisfied; --
        called also a pocket judgment. It is now fallen into
        disuse. --Tomlins. --Bouvier.
  
     Statute mile. See under Mile.
  
     Statute of limitations (Law), a statute assigned a certain
        time, after which rights can not be enforced by action.
  
     Statute staple, a bond of record acknowledged before the
        mayor of the staple, by virtue of which the creditor may,
        on nonpayment, forthwith have execution against the body,
        lands, and goods of the debtor, as in the statute
        merchant. It is now disused. --Blackstone.
  
     Syn: Act; regulation; edict; decree. See Law.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  
  
     3. Not invested with, or engaged in, public office or
        employment; as, a private citizen; private life. --Shak.
  
              A private person may arrest a felon.  --Blackstone.
  
     4. Not publicly known; not open; secret; as, a private
        negotiation; a private understanding.
  
     5. Having secret or private knowledge; privy. [Obs.]
  
     Private act or statute, a statute exclusively for the
        settlement of private and personal interests, of which
        courts do not take judicial notice; -- opposed to a
        general law, which operates on the whole community

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Public \Pub"lic\, a. [L. publicus, poblicus, fr. populus people:
     cf. F. public. See People.]
     1. Of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people;
        relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community;
        -- opposed to private; as, the public treasury.
  
              To the public good Private respects must yield.
                                                    --Milton.
  
              He [Alexander Hamilton] touched the dead corpse of
              the public credit, and it sprung upon its feet. --D.
                                                    Webster.
  
     2. Open to the knowledge or view of all; general; common;
        notorious; as, public report; public scandal.
  
              Joseph, . . . not willing to make her a public
              example, was minded to put her away privily. --Matt.
                                                    i. 19.
  
     3. Open to common or general use; as, a public road; a public
        house. ``The public street.'' --Shak.
  
     Public act or statute (Law), an act or statute affecting
        matters of public concern. Of such statutes the courts
        take judicial notice.
  
     Public credit. See under Credit.
  
     Public funds. See Fund, 3.
  
     Public house, an inn, or house of entertainment.
  
     Public law.
        (a) See International law, under International.
        (b) A public act or statute.
  
     Public nuisance. (Law) See under Nuisance.
  
     Public orator. (Eng. Universities) See Orator, 3.
  
     Public stores, military and naval stores, equipments, etc.
        
  
     Public works, all fixed works built by civil engineers for
        public use, as railways, docks, canals, etc.; but
        strictly, military and civil engineering works constructed
        at the public cost.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  statute
       adj : enacted by a legislative body; "statute law"; "codified
             written laws" [syn: codified, statute(p)]
       n : an act passed by a legislative body [syn: legislative act]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  statute
     Αγγλικά n.
     νομικό κείμενο με κανονιστικό περιεχόμενο, νομοθέτημα

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  statute
     n.
     Written law as laid down by a legislature.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  statute
     n.
     Written law as laid down by a legislature.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  statute
     n.
     Written law as laid down by a legislature.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  statute
     n.
     Written law as laid down by a legislature.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  statute
     Englanti n.
     1 (yhteys oikeustiede k=en) säädös (''lainsäädäntöelimen tai
  viranomaisen antama sääntökokonaisuus; Suomessa perustuslaki, laki tai
  asetus'')
     2 sääntö

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  statute
     Engelska n.
     lag, stadga, författning

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Statute
     Tyska n.
     stadga

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Statute /stˈatʃuːt/
  القانون

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  statute //ˈstæt͡ʃuːt// 
  закон, статут
  written law as laid down by the legislature