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Statute Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Statute
(n.)
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.
(a.)
An assemblage of farming servants (held possibly by statute) for the purpose of being hired; -- called also statute fair.
(a.)
An act of a corporation or of its founder, intended as a permanent rule or law; as, the statutes of a university.
(n.)
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.
(a.)
An assemblage of farming servants (held possibly by statute) for the purpose of being hired; -- called also statute fair.
(a.)
An act of a corporation or of its founder, intended as a permanent rule or law; as, the statutes of a university.
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statute
Noun
1. an act passed by a legislative body
(synonym) legislative act
(hypernym) act, enactment
(hyponym) Stamp Act
(part-meronym) rider
(classification) law, jurisprudence
Adjective
1. enacted by a legislative body; "statute law"; "codified written laws"
(synonym) codified, statute(p)
(similar) written
Noun
1. an act passed by a legislative body
(synonym) legislative act
(hypernym) act, enactment
(hyponym) Stamp Act
(part-meronym) rider
(classification) law, jurisprudence
Adjective
1. enacted by a legislative body; "statute law"; "codified written laws"
(synonym) codified, statute(p)
(similar) written
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STATUTE
security, obligation
security, obligation
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statute
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.
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.
statute
book, a record of laws or legislative acts.
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.]
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.
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.
similar words(13)
statute of uses
special statute
statute book
statute law
statute mile
statute of frauds
statute fair
statute title
statute staple
statute labor
statute of limitations
statute cap
statute merchant
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.
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.
statute
book, a record of laws or legislative acts.
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.]
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.
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.
similar words(13)
statute of uses
special statute
statute book
statute law
statute mile
statute of frauds
statute fair
statute title
statute staple
statute labor
statute of limitations
statute cap
statute merchant
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statute
Any authoritatively declared rule, ordinance, decree, or law.
Any authoritatively declared rule, ordinance, decree, or law.
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Cerfyll
Cerfyll = n. sculpture; a statute
Cerfyll = n. sculpture; a statute
Deddf
Deddf = n. statute, law, ordinance
Gosod
Gosod = n. a placing; a statute, an ordinance; a position; an onset
Gosodol
Gosodol = a. positional statute
Statute Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
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STATUTE
A law established by an act of the legislature.
Under the U.S. and state constitutions, statutes are considered the primary source of law in the U.S. -- that is, legislatures make the law (statutes) and courts interpret the law (cases).
Most state statutes are organized by subject matter and published in books referred to as codes. Typically, a state has a family or civil code (where the divorce laws are usually contained), a criminal code (where incest, bigamy and domestic violence laws are often found), welfare code (which contains laws related to public benefits), probate code (where laws about wills, trusts and probate proceedings are collected) and many other codes dealing with a wide variety of topics. Federal statutes are organized into subject matter titles within the United States Code (for example, Title 18 for crimes and Title 11 for bankruptcy).
The written will of the legislature, solemnly expressed according to the forms prescribed in the Constitution; an act of the legislature.
This word is used in contradistinction to the common law. Statutes acquire their force from the time of their passage unless otherwise provided.
It is a general rule that when the provision of a statute is general, everything which is necessary to make such provision effectual is supplied by the common law and when a power is given by statute, everything necessary for making it effectual is given by implication.
Statutes are of several kinds; namely, Public or private.
1. Public statutes are those of which the judges will take notice without pleading; as, those which concern all officers in general; acts concerning trade in general or any specific trade; acts concerning all persons generally.
2. Private acts, are those of which the judges wiil not take notice without pleading; such as concern only a particular species, or person; as, acts relating to any particular place, or to several particular places, or to one or several particular counties. Private statutes may be rendered public by being so declared by the legislature. Declaratory or remedial. 1. A declaratory statute is one which is passed in order to put an end to a doubt as to what the common law is, and which declares what it is, and has ever been. 2. Remedial statutes are those which are made to supply such defects, and abridge such superfluities in the common law as may have been discovered. These remedial statutes are themselves divided into enlarging statutes, by which the common law is made more comprehensive and extended than it was before; and into restraining statutes, by which it is narrowed down to that which is just and proper. The term remedial statute is also applied to those acts which give the party injured a remedy, and in some respects those statutes are penal.
Temporary or perpetual. 1. A temporary statute is one which is limited in its duration at the time of its enactment. It continues in force until the time of its limitation has expired, unless sooner repealed. 2. A perpetual statute is one for the continuance of which there is no limited time, although it be not expressly declared to be so. If, however, a statute which did not itself contain any limitation, is to be governed by another which is temporary only, the former will also be temporary and dependent upon the existence of the latter.
Affirmative or negative. 1. An affirmative statute is one which is enacted in affirmative terms; such a statute does not take away the common law. If, for example, a statute without negative words, declares that when certain requisites shall have been complied with, deeds shall, have in evidence a certain effect, this does not prevent their being used in evidence, though the requisites have not been complied with, in the same manner as they might have been before the statute was passed. 2. A negative statute is one expressed in negative terms, and so controls the common law, that it has no force in opposition to the statute.
Penal statutes are those which order or prohibit a thing under a certain penalty.
Among the civilians, the term statute is generally applied to all sorts of laws and regulations; every provision of law which ordains, permits, or prohibits anything is a statute without considering from what source it arises. Sometimes the word is used in contradistinction to the imperial Roman law, which, by way of eminence, civilians call the common law. They divide statutes into three classes, personal, real and mixed.
Personal statutes are those which have principally for their object the person, and treat of property only incidentally; such are those which regard birth, legitimacy, freedom, the fight of instituting suits, majority as to age, incapacity to contract, to make a will, to plead in person, and the like. A personal statute is universal in its operation, and in force everywhere.
Mixed statutes are those which concern at once both persons and property. But in this sense almost all statutes are mixed, there being scarcely any law relative to persons, which does not at the same time relate to things.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
A law established by an act of the legislature.
Under the U.S. and state constitutions, statutes are considered the primary source of law in the U.S. -- that is, legislatures make the law (statutes) and courts interpret the law (cases).
Most state statutes are organized by subject matter and published in books referred to as codes. Typically, a state has a family or civil code (where the divorce laws are usually contained), a criminal code (where incest, bigamy and domestic violence laws are often found), welfare code (which contains laws related to public benefits), probate code (where laws about wills, trusts and probate proceedings are collected) and many other codes dealing with a wide variety of topics. Federal statutes are organized into subject matter titles within the United States Code (for example, Title 18 for crimes and Title 11 for bankruptcy).
The written will of the legislature, solemnly expressed according to the forms prescribed in the Constitution; an act of the legislature.
This word is used in contradistinction to the common law. Statutes acquire their force from the time of their passage unless otherwise provided.
It is a general rule that when the provision of a statute is general, everything which is necessary to make such provision effectual is supplied by the common law and when a power is given by statute, everything necessary for making it effectual is given by implication.
Statutes are of several kinds; namely, Public or private.
1. Public statutes are those of which the judges will take notice without pleading; as, those which concern all officers in general; acts concerning trade in general or any specific trade; acts concerning all persons generally.
2. Private acts, are those of which the judges wiil not take notice without pleading; such as concern only a particular species, or person; as, acts relating to any particular place, or to several particular places, or to one or several particular counties. Private statutes may be rendered public by being so declared by the legislature. Declaratory or remedial. 1. A declaratory statute is one which is passed in order to put an end to a doubt as to what the common law is, and which declares what it is, and has ever been. 2. Remedial statutes are those which are made to supply such defects, and abridge such superfluities in the common law as may have been discovered. These remedial statutes are themselves divided into enlarging statutes, by which the common law is made more comprehensive and extended than it was before; and into restraining statutes, by which it is narrowed down to that which is just and proper. The term remedial statute is also applied to those acts which give the party injured a remedy, and in some respects those statutes are penal.
Temporary or perpetual. 1. A temporary statute is one which is limited in its duration at the time of its enactment. It continues in force until the time of its limitation has expired, unless sooner repealed. 2. A perpetual statute is one for the continuance of which there is no limited time, although it be not expressly declared to be so. If, however, a statute which did not itself contain any limitation, is to be governed by another which is temporary only, the former will also be temporary and dependent upon the existence of the latter.
Affirmative or negative. 1. An affirmative statute is one which is enacted in affirmative terms; such a statute does not take away the common law. If, for example, a statute without negative words, declares that when certain requisites shall have been complied with, deeds shall, have in evidence a certain effect, this does not prevent their being used in evidence, though the requisites have not been complied with, in the same manner as they might have been before the statute was passed. 2. A negative statute is one expressed in negative terms, and so controls the common law, that it has no force in opposition to the statute.
Penal statutes are those which order or prohibit a thing under a certain penalty.
Among the civilians, the term statute is generally applied to all sorts of laws and regulations; every provision of law which ordains, permits, or prohibits anything is a statute without considering from what source it arises. Sometimes the word is used in contradistinction to the imperial Roman law, which, by way of eminence, civilians call the common law. They divide statutes into three classes, personal, real and mixed.
Personal statutes are those which have principally for their object the person, and treat of property only incidentally; such are those which regard birth, legitimacy, freedom, the fight of instituting suits, majority as to age, incapacity to contract, to make a will, to plead in person, and the like. A personal statute is universal in its operation, and in force everywhere.
Mixed statutes are those which concern at once both persons and property. But in this sense almost all statutes are mixed, there being scarcely any law relative to persons, which does not at the same time relate to things.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
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Statute
An act of the legislature, adopted under its constitutional authority,by prescribed means and in certain form, so that it becomes the law governingconduct within its scope. Statutes are enacted to prescribe conduct, definecrimes, create inferior government bodies, appropriate public monies, and ingeneral to promote the public welfare.
An act of the legislature, adopted under its constitutional authority,by prescribed means and in certain form, so that it becomes the law governingconduct within its scope. Statutes are enacted to prescribe conduct, definecrimes, create inferior government bodies, appropriate public monies, and ingeneral to promote the public welfare.
Statute Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
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statute covenant
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lex legis
Statute Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Statute
A statute is a formal, written law of a country or state, written and enacted by its legislative authority, perhaps to then be ratified by the highest executive in the government, and finally published. Typically, statutes command, prohibit, or declare policy. Statutes are sometimes referred to as legislation or "black letter law."
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