"statute" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈstæt͡ʃuːt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-statute.wav Forms: statutes [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English statut, from Old French statut, from Late Latin statutum (“a statute”), neuter singular of Latin statutus, past participle of statuō (“I set up, establish”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|statut}} Middle English statut, {{der|en|fro|statut}} Old French statut, {{der|en|LL.|statutum||a statute}} Late Latin statutum (“a statute”), {{der|en|la|statutus}} Latin statutus Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} statute (countable and uncountable, plural statutes)
  1. Written law as laid down by a legislature. Wikipedia link: statute Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Directives Coordinate_terms: regulation [literary] [law] Translations (legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law): estatuts [masculine, plural] (Catalan), یاسا (yasa) (Central Kurdish), 法令 (fǎlìng) (Chinese Mandarin), säädös (Finnish), statut [masculine] (French), Statut [neuter] (German), alapszabály (Hungarian), alapító okirat (Hungarian), szabályzat (Hungarian), szabályrendelet (Hungarian), rendtartás (Hungarian), ketetapan hukum (Indonesian), reacht [masculine] (Irish), 律令 (ritsuryō) (alt: りつりょう) (Japanese), уста́в (ustáv) [masculine] (Russian), стату́т (statút) [masculine] (Russian) Translations (written law as laid down by the legislature): закон (zakon) [masculine] (Bulgarian), статут (statut) [masculine] (Bulgarian), estatut [masculine] (Catalan), یاسا (yasa) (Central Kurdish), põhikiri (Estonian), säädös (Finnish), statut [masculine] (French), Statut [neuter] (German), क़ानून (qānūn) [masculine] (Hindi), कानून (kānūn) [masculine] (Hindi), alapokmány (Hungarian), statútum (Hungarian), törvény (Hungarian), rendelet (Hungarian), undang-undang (Indonesian), statuta (Indonesian), reacht [masculine] (Irish), scītum [neuter] (Latin), statut (Malay), statutt [masculine, neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), vedtekt [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), قانون (qânun) (Persian), statut [masculine] (Polish), ustawa [feminine] (Polish), уста́в (ustáv) [masculine] (Russian), стату́т (statút) [masculine] (Russian), estatuto [masculine] (Spanish)

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        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "en:Directives"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Written law as laid down by a legislature."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law"
        ],
        [
          "legislature",
          "legislature"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "statute"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstæt͡ʃuːt/"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zakon",
      "sense": "written law as laid down by the legislature",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "закон"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "statut",
      "sense": "written law as laid down by the legislature",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "статут"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "written law as laid down by the legislature",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "estatut"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "written law as laid down by the legislature",
      "word": "põhikiri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "written law as laid down by the legislature",
      "word": "säädös"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "written law as laid down by the legislature",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "statut"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "written law as laid down by the legislature",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Statut"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "qānūn",
      "sense": "written law as laid down by the legislature",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "क़ानून"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kānūn",
      "sense": "written law as laid down by the legislature",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "कानून"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "written law as laid down by the legislature",
      "word": "alapokmány"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "written law as laid down by the legislature",
      "word": "statútum"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "written law as laid down by the legislature",
      "word": "törvény"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "written law as laid down by the legislature",
      "word": "rendelet"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "written law as laid down by the legislature",
      "word": "undang-undang"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "written law as laid down by the legislature",
      "word": "statuta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "written law as laid down by the legislature",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "reacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "yasa",
      "sense": "written law as laid down by the legislature",
      "word": "یاسا"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "written law as laid down by the legislature",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "scītum"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "written law as laid down by the legislature",
      "word": "statut"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "written law as laid down by the legislature",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "statutt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "written law as laid down by the legislature",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vedtekt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "qânun",
      "sense": "written law as laid down by the legislature",
      "word": "قانون"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "written law as laid down by the legislature",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "statut"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "written law as laid down by the legislature",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ustawa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ustáv",
      "sense": "written law as laid down by the legislature",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "уста́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "statút",
      "sense": "written law as laid down by the legislature",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "стату́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "written law as laid down by the legislature",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "estatuto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "estatuts"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fǎlìng",
      "sense": "legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law",
      "word": "法令"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law",
      "word": "säädös"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "statut"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Statut"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law",
      "word": "alapszabály"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law",
      "word": "alapító okirat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law",
      "word": "szabályzat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law",
      "word": "szabályrendelet"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law",
      "word": "rendtartás"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law",
      "word": "ketetapan hukum"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "reacht"
    },
    {
      "alt": "りつりょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ritsuryō",
      "sense": "legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law",
      "word": "律令"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "yasa",
      "sense": "legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law",
      "word": "یاسا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ustáv",
      "sense": "legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "уста́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "statút",
      "sense": "legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "стату́т"
    }
  ],
  "word": "statute"
}

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