statute
US: /ˈstætʃut/
UK: /stˈætʃuːt/
UK: /stˈætʃuːt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
statute /'stætju:t/
- danh từ
- đạo luật
- quy chế, chế độ
- University statutes: quy chế đại học
- (kinh thánh) luật thánh
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 a law that is passed by a parliament, council, etc. and formally written down: Penalties are laid down in the statute. + Corporal punishment was banned by statute in 1987. + The wording of the statute is ambiguous.
2 a formal rule of an organization or institution: Under the statutes of the university they had no power to dismiss him.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
legal | federal, parliamentary | criminal
VERB + STATUTE
pass | comply with
STATUTE + NOUN
law
the obligations of the employer in common and statute law
| book
This archaic law remained on the statute books until last year.
PREP.
by ~
Local authorities are required by statute to provide care homes for the elderly.
| under (a/the) ~
a trading company formed under statute
Concise English dictionary
statutes'stætʃuːt
noun
+an act passed by a legislative body
adj.
+enacted by a legislative body
