statute

Word family adjectivestatutablestatutoryadverbstatutablystatutorilynounstatute bookstatute lawstatute

Related topics: Law

stat·ute /ˈstætʃuːt/ noun [countableC]

1 SCLLAWa law passed by a parliament, council etc and formally written down 法令，法规；成文法

Protection for the consumer is laid down by statute (=established by law).

保障消费者权益已有法律明文规定。

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2 RULE/REGULATIONa formal rule of an institution or organization 〔某机构、组织的〕条例；章程

College statutes forbid drinking on campus.

大学校规禁止在校园内喝酒。

Examples from the Corpus

statute• Most work at uninspiring tasks, pore over old court decisions and statute books, and draft memos for their higher-ups.• The Foreign Compensation Commission 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 statute concerned.• In New Mexico, a state statute permits one minute of silent prayer at the beginning of school.• Indeed, the Texas statute struck down today was, as the majority notes, first enacted in 1857...• But the death penalty is kept off the statute books by the one unanswerable and non-politically partisan argument against it.• These guidelines are included in the official comments on the statutes and list a number of specific exceptions for teachers.• The statute confines itself to prohibiting the carriage of certain goods in interstate or foreign commerce.• This statute originated the office of administrator.• university statutes

laid down by statute• Subject to limited minimum rights laid down by statute, which are explained below, there is often plenty of scope for negotiation.• The real estate descended to the heir in accordance with rules laid down by statutes of 1833 and 1859.

From Longman Business Dictionary

statutestat·ute /ˈstætʃuːt/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]LAW

1a law passed by a parliament, council etc and formally written down

He 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 existence

The government would like to see this new law on the statute book as soon as possible.

Origin statute

(1200-1300) Old French statut, from Late Latin statutum “law”, from Latin statuere “to set up, station”, from status; → STATE1

词汇	statute
释义	statute Word family adjectivestatutablestatutoryadverbstatutablystatutorilynounstatute bookstatute lawstatute Related topics: Law stat·ute /ˈstætʃuːt/ ●○○ noun [countableC] 1 SCLLAWa law passed by a parliament, council etc and formally written down 法令，法规；成文法 Protection for the consumer is laid down by statute (=established by law). 保障消费者权益已有法律明文规定。 ► see thesaurus at rule 2 RULE/REGULATIONa formal rule of an institution or organization 〔某机构、组织的〕条例；章程 College statutes forbid drinking on campus. 大学校规禁止在校园内喝酒。 Examples from the Corpus statute• Most work at uninspiring tasks, pore over old court decisions and statute books, and draft memos for their higher-ups.• The Foreign Compensation Commission 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 statute concerned.• In New Mexico, a state statute permits one minute of silent prayer at the beginning of school.• Indeed, the Texas statute struck down today was, as the majority notes, first enacted in 1857...• But the death penalty is kept off the statute books by the one unanswerable and non-politically partisan argument against it.• These guidelines are included in the official comments on the statutes and list a number of specific exceptions for teachers.• The statute confines itself to prohibiting the carriage of certain goods in interstate or foreign commerce.• This statute originated the office of administrator.• university statutes laid down by statute• Subject to limited minimum rights laid down by statute, which are explained below, there is often plenty of scope for negotiation.• The real estate descended to the heir in accordance with rules laid down by statutes of 1833 and 1859. From Longman Business Dictionary statutestat·ute /ˈstætʃuːt/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]LAW 1a law passed by a parliament, council etc and formally written down He 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 existence The government would like to see this new law on the statute book as soon as possible. Origin statute (1200-1300) Old French statut, from Late Latin statutum “law”, from Latin statuere “to set up, station”, from status; → STATE1
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