单词 | by statute |
释义 | > as lemmasby (the) statute ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > in control or charge [phrase] > according to fixed rule by (the) statutea1475 a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 377 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 310 Be statut he schalle take þat on þe day. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. viiv An acre of ground by the statut þt is to say, xvi. fote and a halfe to the perch or poll. 1630 J. Taylor True Cause Watermens Suit in Wks. ii. 174/2 The Gentlemens bounty is asleepe, and hee will pay him by the Statute. 1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 4 One who makes sentences by the Statute, as if all above three inches long were confiscat. 1700 W. Congreve Way of World v. i. 77 To be a Theme for legal Punsters, and Quiblers by the Statute..to discompose the gravity of the Bench. 1781 W. Cowper Table Talk 72 Nor judge by statute a believer's hope. 1817 G. S. Keith Different Methods Establishing Uniformity Weights & Meas. 27 The Ale Gallon, by statute, is 282 inches. < as lemmas |
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