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statute
[ stach-oot, -oot ]
noun
- Law.
- an enactment made by a legislature and expressed in a formal document.
- the document in which such an enactment is expressed.
- International Law. an instrument annexed or subsidiary to an international agreement, as a treaty.
- a permanent rule established by an organization, corporation, etc., to govern its internal affairs.
statute
/ ˈæː /
noun
- an enactment of a legislative body expressed in a formal document
- this document
- a permanent rule made by a body or institution for the government of its internal affairs
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of statute1
Example Sentences
State officials responded that the California law does not violate federal statutes because it does not affect the right of parents to request and receive records.
Hungary's parliament has never proclaimed the ICC's statute, so it is not part of the country's law, Gulyas added.
It claims that the secretary of state has authority under what the Associated Press calls “a seldom-invoked statute… to revoke visas of noncitizens who could be considered a threat to foreign policy interests.”
Advocates have filed a federal lawsuit challenging Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act — a statute from 1798 previously only invoked during wartime — to expel most of the alleged Venezuelan gang members.
He noted that the qualifications for voting outlined in the Constitution are appropriate grounds to challenge, but the Constitution and statute require that each voter be registered in order to cast a ballot.
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