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)

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Noun

statute (countable and uncountable, plural statutes)

1. 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

• laughing heir statute
• long arm statute
• long-arm statute
• nonclaim statute
• slayer statute
• statute book
• statute law
• statute mile
• statute of frauds
• statute of limitations
• statute of repose
• statutorily
• statutory
• statutory rape
• survival statute
• wrongful death statute

 

Translations

written law as laid down by the legislature

• Bulgarian: закон (bg) m (zakon), статут (bg) m (statut)
• Catalan: estatut (ca) m
• Estonian: põhikiri
• Finnish: säädös (fi)
• French: statut (fr) m
• German: Statut (de) n
• Hindi: क़ानून m (qānūn), कानून (hi) m (kānūn)
• Hungarian: alapokmány (hu), statútum (hu), törvény (hu), rendelet (hu)
• Indonesian: undang-undang (id)
• Irish: reacht m
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: یاسا (yasa)

• Latin: scītum (la) n
• Malay: statut
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: statutt m or n, vedtekt m or f

• Persian: قانون (fa) (qânun)
• Polish: statut (pl) m, ustawa (pl) f
• Russian: уста́в (ru) m (ustáv), стату́т (ru) m (statút)
• Spanish: estatuto (es) m

legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law

• Catalan: estatuts (ca) m pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 法令 (zh) (fǎlìng)

• Finnish: säädös (fi)
• French: statut (fr) m
• German: Statut (de) n
• Hungarian: alapszabály (hu), alapító okirat, szabályzat (hu), szabályrendelet (hu), rendtartás (hu)
• Indonesian: ketetapan hukum
• Irish: reacht m
• Japanese: 律令 (ja) (りつりょう, ritsuryō)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: یاسا (yasa)

• Russian: уста́в (ru) m (ustáv), стату́т (ru) m (statút)

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Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} statuto

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

• tautest

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