Statute

·adj An act of a corporation or of its founder, intended as a permanent rule or law; as, the statutes of a university.

II. Statute ·adj An assemblage of farming servants (held possibly by statute) for the purpose of being hired;

— called also statute fair.

III. Statute ·noun An act of the legislature of a state or country, declaring, commanding, or prohibiting something; a positive law; the written will of the legislature expressed with all the requisite forms of legislation;

— used in distinction fraom common law. ·see Common law, under Common, ·adj.