statute

Also known as legislative act, legislation, act, law

thumb|upright=1.35|Statute of Grand Duchy of Lithuania, written in Polish A statute is a law or formal written enactment of a legislature. Statutes typically declare, command or prohibit something. Statutes are distinguished from court law and unwritten law (also known as common law) in that they are the expressed will of a legislative body, whether that be on the behalf of a country, state or province, county, municipality, or so on. They are also distinguished from secondary legislation, or regulations, that are issued by an executive body under authority granted by a statute. Depending on t

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A statute is a formal law written and passed by a legislature that declares, commands, or prohibits something. It matters because statutes represent the direct will of elected lawmakers and form the foundation of legal systems, distinct from court decisions and regulations created by executive agencies.

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Etymology
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International law
Autonomy statute
University statutes
Types
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== Etymology == The word appears in use in English as early as the 14th century. "Statute" and earlier English spellings were derived from the Old French words statut, estatut, estatu, meaning "(royal) promulgation, (legal) statute." These terms were in turn derived from the Late Latin statutum, meaning "a law, decree."