Word
Statute
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
stat-ute
Definition
- 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 act of a corporation or of its founder, intended as a
permanent rule or law; as, the statutes of a university.
- a. - An assemblage of farming servants (held possibly by
statute) for the purpose of being hired; -- called also statute fair.
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