statute

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Forthi, er that thei weren war, Forth with the same swerd he bar The statut of his lawe he kepte, So that al Rome his deth bewepte.

From Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins by Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell)

Well, this here statut says, if so be as a man hev bin to the wars, and sarved his country like; as nothin' shan't be reckoned agen he, let alone murder.

From Tom Brown at Oxford by Hughes, Thomas

I., refers to that of the 11th, as made by the king, a son parlement que il tint � Acton Burnell, and again mentions l'avant dit statut fait � Acton Burnell.

From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry

Item, it is statut and ordainit that in na place of the realme there be usit fute-ball, golfe, or uther sik unprofitabill sportis,” &c.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various