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Noun
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an act passed by a legislative body
Usage examples
- Texas Statutes, Code of Criminal Procedure, Art.
- The authority for patent statutes in different countries varies.
- In the United States, three Federal statutes authorize lawful interception.
- The institute is recent and its statutes are still not well regulated.
- The law was included in the "Private Acts" section of the statutes book.
- The community is governed by a homeowners' association under Arizona's planned community statutes.
- To honour, defend and preserve the laws and statutes of the Order?
- Historically, Kentucky's sodomy statutes had changed over time.
- Consequently, agencies may have their powers limited by statutes.
- It was the first of the few Commonwealth Statutes enacted by the reigning Monarch.