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statute
statute is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An act of the legislature of a state or country, declaring, commanding, or prohibiting something; a positive law; the written will of the legislature expressed with all the requisite forms of legislation; -- used in distinction fraom common law. See Common law, under Common, a. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 5 senses
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- 1noun
An act of the legislature of a state or country, declaring, commanding, or prohibiting something; a positive law; the written will of the legislature expressed with all the requisite forms of legislation; -- used in distinction fraom common law. See Common law, under Common, a.
- 2adjective
An act of a corporation or of its founder, intended as a permanent rule or law; as, the statutes of a university.
- 3adjective
An assemblage of farming servants (held possibly by statute) for the purpose of being hired; -- called also statute fair.
- 4noun
an act passed by a legislative body
- 5adjective
enacted by a legislative body
"statute law"
"codified written laws"
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