Statute (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. Law.
    • an enactment made by a legislature and expressed in a formal document.
    • the document in which such an enactment is expressed.
  2. an instrument annexed or subsidiary to an international agreement, as a treaty.
  3. a permanent rule established by an organization, corporation, etc., to govern its internal affairs.
noun
    • an enactment of a legislative body expressed in a formal document
    • this document
  1. a permanent rule made by a body or institution for the government of its internal affairs
Statute (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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