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statute

[stach-oot, -oot] / ˈstætʃ ut, -ʊt /


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“It violates what the statute says as a matter of text and history, and just how it’s been understood since the Civil War basically.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

But the statute of limitations on manslaughter, the charge most police officials and experts believed was appropriate in this case, had long expired by then.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

The statute applies the same regulatory logic to stablecoins that ensures that the banking sector is safe and reliable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Justice Jackson provides a brief history of the compassionate release statute in her Fernandez dissent.

From Slate • May 29, 2026

Between the passage of Alabama's new death penalty statute in 1975 and the end of 1988, there had been only three executions in Alabama.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson




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