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statute

stat.ute \'stach-(.)u:t, -*t\ n [ME, fr. OF statut, fr. LL statutum law, 
   regulation, fr. L, neut. o] often attrib f statutus, pp. of statuere to set 
   up, station, fr. status position, condition, state 1: a law enacted by the 
   legislative branch of a government  2: an act of a corporation or of its 
   founder intended as a permanent rule  3: an international instrument 
   setting up an agency and regulating its scop e or authority