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statute

/stach-oot, -oot/US // ˈstætʃ ut, -ʊt //UK // (ˈstætjuːt) //

法规,规程,章程,规章制度

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Law. an enactment made by a legislature and expressed in a formal document.the document in which such an enactment is expressed.
    • : International Law. an instrument annexed or subsidiary to an international agreement, as a treaty.
    • : a permanent rule established by an organization, corporation, etc., to govern its internal affairs.

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Examples

  • You know, what the law is looking at the antitrust statutes.

  • Our piece revealing that San Diego Police are ticketing people for what they say is seditious language using a 102-year-old city statute misstated the location in which one resident received a ticket.

  • Some state criminal statutes could also allow San Diego’s district attorney to press charges.

  • It was the first substantial alteration to the statute in a century.

  • Therefore, when the statute refers to sex, and that is the basis upon which the plaintiffs were discriminated against, originalism is not a factor.

  • Another bombshell: There is no statute of limitations on rape in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

  • Pennsylvania, where the assault is alleged to have taken place, has a 12-year statute of limitations on sexual assault.

  • According to the memo, Miller then asked what the statute of limitations in Illinois was and to define what the allegations meant.

  • It helped too that crime was no longer at the top of voter concerns, but the statute of limitations apparently has run out.

  • In 2007, a Dorset man brought a lawn statute featuring a recognizable Egyptian headdress to an expert for evaluation.

  • A member of parliament took occasion to make his maiden speech, on a question respecting the execution of a particular statute.

  • Statute law or statutes mean the laws enacted by the state legislature and by the federal congress.

  • A claim barred by the statute of limitations is not provable, nor is a contingent liability.

  • Benefit societies may be purely voluntary associations or incorporated either by statute or charter.

  • Gainful corporations have no such power unless it has been granted by their charter or by statute.