单词 | statute |
释义 | statute /stach"ooht, -oot/, n. 1. 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. Internat. 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. [1250-1300; ME statut < OF estatut < LL statutum, n. use of neut. of L statutus (ptp. of statuere to make stand, set up, deriv. of status STATUS), equiv. to statu-, verb. s. + -tus ptp. suffix] |
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