Synonym: act, bill, charter, decree, enactment, law, legislation, measure, ordinance, regulation, rule. Similar words: status, statue, constitute, state, estate, statement, statistics, devastating. Meaning: ['stætʃuːt] n. an act passed by a legislative body. adj. enacted by a legislative body.
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91 Such liability will be all the more possible in states that explicitly impose liability by statute, such as Michigan and Montana.
92 Unfortunately his lawyer could find no statute or point of law preventing his client's imprisonment.
93 In respect of children born since 1976 the position is governed by statute.
94 The statute was promulgated during Lent, in the hope that abstention would find the peasants in subdued mood.
95 Judicial interpretation of statute law can be overridden by a new act of Parliament.
96 The Foreign Compensation Commission was empowered by statute to deal with claims to compensation under agreements with foreign governments.
97 The veto must be authorized by statute and may only negate what an Executive department or independent agency has proposed.
98 A market overt is a market, constituted under statute, by royal charter or by long standing custom.
99 The statute may impose a duty on an employer to provide safety equipment and ensure that it is used.
100 Persson said he was prepared to review the question of the statute of limitations on war crimes and acts of genocide.
101 If statute laws were printed like newspapers, these would be tabloid, not quality laws.
102 Although an area of negligence, liability is governed by statute, the Occupiers' Liability Acts 1957 and 1984. Sentencedict.com
103 The Act enshrines principles social workers fought hard to get on the statute book.
104 It was a highly unpopular Act; nevertheless it remained on the statute books until 1815.
105 The strict interpretation of statute, an important feature of the sixteenth century, owed much to the invention of printing.
106 To obtain this private statute it is necessary for the local authority to promote a Bill in Parliament laid down by Parliament.
107 The Statute of Wills 1540 gave testators power to create future legal estates by their wills.
108 The most convenient place to find a statute that is still in force is in the official publication Statutes in Force.
109 In the present case the cause of action arises under statute and Mr. Thomas argues that different considerations apply.
110 But what happens if there are two Acts on the statute books which conflict with one another?
111 According to Lord Diplock it is improper to do this if the meaning of the statute is plain.
112 Martin says the statute would also make sure software companies put the correct computer-system requirements for its products on the software box.
113 Government ministers, local authorities and other public bodies have been given the power by statute to make subordinate legislation.
114 Indeed, the Texas statute struck down today was, as the majority notes, first enacted in 1857....
115 Would it be a valid objection to an Order made under this statute that it imposes a tax?
116 In applying these general rules, the courts look at each individual case in light of whatever state statute may apply.
117 The fact remains that internment is on the statute book and is available to the Government to use.
118 First, a statute may require that the school board take affirmative action to elect a teacher to tenure status.
119 The society was founded in 1966 when David Steel's abortion Bill was moving fast towards the statute books.
120 Thus, the general principle is that one must look to the particular taxing statute.
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