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–noun

Law.

a.	an enactment made by a legislature and expressed in a formal document.

b.	the document in which such an enactment is expressed.

2.	International Law. an instrument annexed or subsidiary to an international agreement, as a treaty.

3.	a permanent rule established by an organization, corporation, etc., to govern its internal affairs.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME statut < OF estatut < LL statūtum, n. use of neut. of L statūtus (ptp. of statuere to make stand, set up, deriv. of status status), equiv. to statū-, verb. s. + -tus ptp. suffix

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n.

A law enacted by a legislature.
A decree or edict, as of a ruler.
An established law or rule, as of a corporation.

[Middle English, from Old French estatut, from Late Latin statūtum, from neuter of Latin statūtus, past participle of statuere, to set up, from status, position; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]

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c.1290, from O.Fr. statut, from L.L. statutum "a law, decree," noun use of neuter pp. of L. statuere "enact, establish," from status "condition, position," from stare "to stand" from PIE base *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Statutory first attested 1717; statutory rape, in U.S., "sexual intercourse with a female below the legal age of consent, whether forced or not," is recorded from 1898.

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statute
adjective
1.	enacted by a legislative body; "statute law"; "codified written laws" [syn: codified]
noun
1.	an act passed by a legislative body [syn: legislative act]

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statute [ˈstӕtjuːt] noun

a written law of a country

Arabic:	قانون
Chinese (Simplified):	成文法津
Chinese (Traditional):	成文法津
Czech:	zákon
Danish:	lov
Dutch:	statuut
Estonian:	seadus
Finnish:	laki
French:	loi
German:	das Gesetz
Greek:	νόμος
Hungarian:	törvény
Icelandic:	(lands)lög
Indonesian:	undang-undang
Italian:	statuto, legge

Japanese:	法令
Korean:	법령, 법규
Latvian:	statūti; valsts likums
Lithuanian:	rašytinis įstatymas, statutas
Norwegian:	lov(tekst)
Polish:	ustawa
Portuguese (Brazil):	estatuto
Portuguese (Portugal):	estatuto
Romanian:	lege
Russian:	статут
Slovak:	zákon
Slovenian:	statut
Swedish:	lag, författning
Turkish:	yasa, kanun

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Statute

Des"ti*tute\, a. [L. destitutus, p. p. of destituere to set away, leave alone, forsake; de + statuere to set. See Statute.]

1. Forsaken; not having in possession (something necessary, or desirable); deficient; lacking; devoid; -- often followed by of.

In thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. --Ps. cxli. 8.

Totally destitute of all shadow of influence. --Burke.

2. Not possessing the necessaries of life; in a condition of want; needy; without possessions or resources; very poor.

They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented. --Heb. xi. 37.

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