LAW DICTIONARY
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- The written laws approved by legislatures, parliaments or houses of assembly (i.e., politicians). Also known as "legislation". The written laws of the Canadian Province of Newfoundland, for example, are in a multi-volume set of books called the Statutes of Newfoundland.
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- Plural form of statute.
The governor issued many statutes during his term.
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