statute
Definition
Formally drafted and written law adopted by both chambers or houses of a legislature. Statutes are enacted usually by voting following an open discussion, and signed thereafter by the head of State and included in the country's statute book. Also called act of parliament, or just act.
statute is in the Corporate, Commercial, & General Law subject.
statute appears in the definitions of the following terms:
convention,
statutory construction,
dislocated worker,
firewall,
sunset law,
bill,
legality,
omnibus bill,
trustee investments,
partnership agreement
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