STATUTE in a Sentence
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13 example sentences for STATUTE, such as:
1. The Grand Master began reading the statutes.
2. Protection for the consumer is laid down by statute.
3. An act that is destructive to the environment may be criminalized by statute.
4. Hoar Faith and Vesta, Quirinus and Remus brothers again, shall deliver statutes.
5. New York's eminent domain statute is virtually capital punishment for property owners.
2. Protection for the consumer is laid down by statute.
3. An act that is destructive to the environment may be criminalized by statute.
4. Hoar Faith and Vesta, Quirinus and Remus brothers again, shall deliver statutes.
5. New York's eminent domain statute is virtually capital punishment for property owners.
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Meanings and Examples of STATUTE
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statute
n. law enacted by legislature; decree or edict, as of a ruler
Classic Sentence:
1 There was no law on the statute books which would execute an Afro-American for wounding a white man, but the "unwritten law" did.
2 Two years was the "statute of limitations," and after that the victim could not sue.
3 The Grand Master began reading the statutes.
4 He managed to follow only the last words of the statutes and these remained in his mind.
5 Moreover, the words of the masonic statutes, "be kindly and courteous," recurred to him.
6 Hoar Faith and Vesta, Quirinus and Remus brothers again, shall deliver statutes.
7 Trojan Acestes, rejoicing in his kingdom, appoints a court and gathers his senators to give them statutes.
8 He gathered together the unruly race scattered on the mountain heights, and gave them statutes, and chose Latium to be their name, since in these borders he had found a safe hiding-place.
Example Sentence:
1 The Bill could reach the statute book by the summer if it attracts the support of Home Office ministers.
2 Protection for the consumer is laid down by statute.
3 An act that is destructive to the environment may be criminalized by statute.
4 New York's eminent domain statute is virtually capital punishment for property owners.
5 The government said last week it would introduce legislation to take the death penalty off the statute books and replace it with life in prison.