See statute in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law",
"word": "säädös"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "statut"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Statut"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"lang_code": "hi",
"roman": "adhiniyam",
"sense": "legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "अधिनियम"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law",
"word": "alapszabály"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law",
"word": "alapító okirat"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law",
"word": "szabályzat"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law",
"word": "szabályrendelet"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law",
"word": "rendtartás"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"lang_code": "id",
"sense": "legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law",
"word": "ketetapan hukum"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"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",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "ritsuryō",
"sense": "legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law",
"word": "律令"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"lang_code": "ckb",
"roman": "yasa",
"sense": "legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law",
"word": "یاسا"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "ustáv",
"sense": "legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "уста́в"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"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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