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What does statute mean?

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Noun
  1. Written law, as laid down by the legislature.
  2. (law, common law) Legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law by those it governs.
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The debate ranged over many emotive ethical issues and in doing so lost sight of what was of benefit to the area as required by the statute.
With minimal direction given in statute, jurists wrote case law in response to specific claims brought before them.
That is contrary to the statute which has conferred upon it the power of rehearing and the duty to rehear and redetermine these cases.
In many states, that has been changed by statute, particularly for crimes like joyriding.
The package deal also abolished the Allied High Commission in Germany, ended the occupation statute, and admitted Federal Germany to Nato.
This statute was merely a reenactment of prior statutes which have preserved common law crimes and made them part of our jurisprudence.

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