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# statute

«statute» in Mova's school dictionary: **A law that has been written down and passed by a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a statute, statutes)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) A law that has been written down and passed by a parliament or government. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statute/#m1)

2) (formal) A written rule of an organisation, such as a university. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statute/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

It is a formal and legal word. In civics and history lessons pupils learn that statutes are laws made by parliament, unlike rules from old custom or judges. In exam or official texts: «required by statute». Phrases: «by statute», «statute book», «statute of limitations».

### examples

- (formal) The new statute protects wild birds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statute/#x1)
- (formal) Seat belts are required by statute. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statute/#x2)
- Parliament passed a statute about school attendance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statute/#x3)
- In plain words, a statute is a written law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statute/#x4)
- The statute was changed after people complained. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statute/#x5)
- The university's statutes say who can be a member. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statute/#x6)

### note

Countable: «a statute», «statutes». Do not confuse «statute» (a law) with «statue» (a carved figure) or «stature» (height, importance). Adjective: «statutory» (required by law), as in «statutory holiday».

### In the corpora

- [because that Abraham hearkened to My voice, and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.738/)
- [There He made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He proved them;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.443/)
- [It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings, that ye shall eat neither fat nor blood.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.49/)
- [It is a sabbath of solemn rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; it is a statute for ever.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.490/)
- [This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.501/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «statute» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statute/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.