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 (“to set up, establish”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈstatjuːt/, /ˈstat͡ʃuːt/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈstæt͡ʃuːt/ === Noun === statute (countable and uncountable, plural statutes) A written law or ordinance passed by a legislative body. [from ca. 1300s] A rule of an organization or institution. [from 1389] (archaic, biblical) A law or decree made by a sovereign, or by God. (law, historical) A (theoretical) type of statutory law specified as regulating a person or thing. [from 1791] Legal status of being subject to this. (historical) A statute fair. [from before 1600] ==== Coordinate terms ==== (written law as laid down by the legislature): regulation (written law as laid down by a regulatory agency of a governmental executive body) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “statute, n.1”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. “statute, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. === Anagrams === tautest == Latin == === Participle === statūte vocative masculine singular of statūtus === References === “statute”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers == Romanian == === Noun === statute n plural of statut == Serbo-Croatian == === Noun === statute (Cyrillic spelling статуте) inflection of statut: accusative plural vocative singular