From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Lawstatutestat‧ute /ˈstætʃuːt/ ●○○ noun [countable]1SCLLAWa law passed by a parliament, council etc and formally written down
Protection for the consumer is laid down by statute (=established by law).► see thesaurus at rule2RULE/REGULATIONa formal rule of an institution or organization
College statutes forbid drinking on campus.Examples from the Corpusstatute• Most work at uninspiringtasks, pore over old court decisions and statute books, and draftmemos for their higher-ups.• The ForeignCompensationCommission was empowered by statute to deal with claims to compensation under agreements with foreign governments.• Unfortunately his lawyer could find no statute or point of law preventing his client's imprisonment.• Whether it is so or not is a question of construction of the particular statuteconcerned.• Indeed, the Texasstatutestruck down today was, as the majoritynotes, first enacted in 1857...• But the death penalty is kept off the statute books by the one unanswerable and non-politically partisanargument against it.• These guidelines are included in the official comments on the statutes and list a number of specificexceptions for teachers.• The statuteconfines itself to prohibiting the carriage of certain goods in interstate or foreign commerce.• This statuteoriginated the office of administrator.• universitystatuteslaid down by statute• Subject to limitedminimum rights laid down by statute, which are explained below, there is often plenty of scope for negotiation.• The real estatedescended to the heir in accordance with rules laid down by statutes of 1833 and 1859.From Longman Business Dictionarystatutestat‧ute /ˈstætʃuːt/ noun [countable, uncountable]LAW1a law passed by a parliament, council etc and formally written downHe never violated any criminal statutes.Protection for the consumer is laid down by statute.2the statute book a real or imaginary written collection of the laws in existenceThe government would like to see this new law on the statute book as soon as possible.Originstatute(1200-1300)Old Frenchstatut, from Late Latinstatutum“law”, from Latinstatuere“to set up, station”, from status; → STATE1
