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STATUTE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An act passed by a legislative body
Synonyms:
legislative act; statute
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("statute" is a kind of...):
act; enactment (a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body)
Meronyms (parts of "statute"):
rider (a clause that is appended to a legislative bill)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "statute"):
fair-trade act (formerly a state law that protected manufacturers from price-cutting by allowing them to set minimum retail prices for their merchandise; eliminated by the United States Congress in 1975)
Stamp Act (an act passed by the British Parliament in 1756 that raised revenue from the American Colonies by a duty in the form of a stamp required on all newspapers and legal or commercial documents; opposition by the Colonies resulted in the repeal of the act in 1766)
enabling act; enabling clause (a provision in a law that confers on appropriate officials the power to implement or enforce the law)
FISA; Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (an act passed by Congress in 1978 to establish procedures for requesting judicial authorization for foreign intelligence surveillance and to create the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court; intended to increase United States counterintelligence; separate from ordinary law enforcement surveillance)
ordinance (a statute enacted by a city government)
special act (a legislative act that applies only to a particular person or particular district)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Enacted by a legislative body
Example:
codified written laws
Synonyms:
codified; statute
Classified under:
Similar:
written (systematically collected and written down)
