Statute

Definition

statute /'stætʃu:t / n [C] ၁။ ဥပေဒျပဳအာဏာပိုင္အဖြဲ႕က ျပ႒ာန္းသည့္ ဥပေဒ။ a parliamentary/federal statue ❍ It is laid down by statute. ၂။ အဖြဲ႕အစည္းတစ္ရပ္၌ ျပ႒ာန္းထားေသာ နည္း ဥပေဒမ်ား။ Under the statutes of the university, staff must retire at 65. ❏ statute-book n ျပ႒ာန္းထားေသာ ဥပေဒ ေပါင္းခ်ဳပ္။ It's not yet on the statute-book (ie not included in statute law). ❏ statute law n [U] ဥပေဒျပဳအဖြဲ႕က ျပ႒ာန္း ထား ေသာ ဥပေဒအစု။ Compare CASE-LAW, COMMON LAW

Examples

1. The statute was passed as an emergency measure to deal with the strike.
2. [by statute] : The government is required by statute to consult local authorities.
3. [under (a) statute] : The men have been charged under a federal anti-terrorism statute.
4. Under the statutes of the University
5. they had no right to dismiss him.