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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

He has constantly maintained that when jurists interpret statutes, words are to be given the meaning that an ordinary English speaker would have understood them to possess when Congress enacted the statute.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

That is partly because the 301 statute was written to address the practices of “ ‘a foreign country,’ using the singular,” Wolff wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Ms. Gievers suggested that we file individual lawsuits on my behalf soon because of statute of limitations laws.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter




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