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statute

noun as in rule, law

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You know, what the law is looking at the antitrust statutes.

Our piece revealing that San Diego Police are ticketing people for what they say is seditious language using a 102-year-old city statute misstated the location in which one resident received a ticket.

Some state criminal statutes could also allow San Diego’s district attorney to press charges.

It was the first substantial alteration to the statute in a century.

Therefore, when the statute refers to sex, and that is the basis upon which the plaintiffs were discriminated against, originalism is not a factor.

Another bombshell: There is no statute of limitations on rape in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Pennsylvania, where the assault is alleged to have taken place, has a 12-year statute of limitations on sexual assault.

According to the memo, Miller then asked what the statute of limitations in Illinois was and to define what the allegations meant.

It helped too that crime was no longer at the top of voter concerns, but the statute of limitations apparently has run out.

In 2007, a Dorset man brought a lawn statute featuring a recognizable Egyptian headdress to an expert for evaluation.

A member of parliament took occasion to make his maiden speech, on a question respecting the execution of a particular statute.

Statute law or statutes mean the laws enacted by the state legislature and by the federal congress.

A claim barred by the statute of limitations is not provable, nor is a contingent liability.

Benefit societies may be purely voluntary associations or incorporated either by statute or charter.

Gainful corporations have no such power unless it has been granted by their charter or by statute.

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On this page you'll find 31 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to statute, such as: act, bill, decree, edict, measure, and regulation.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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