Phrase Hound found 21 phrases and 3 compound words that contain statute. The most common are listed below. Open statute in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 21
- statute of limitationsA law passed by a legislative body that sets a maximum time limit after an incident, in which legal proceedings may be initiated.
- statute lawA law enacted by a legislative body, as opposed to a regulation made by the executive branch or case law made by court precedent.
- statute bookAll the statutes and laws of a given jurisdiction, whether or not listed in an actual book.
- statute mileThe mile of 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards, distinguished from the traditional mile of 5,000 feet employed before the 1593 Weights and Measures Act.
- statute of reposeA law that sets a time limit for legal liability starting from the occurrence of a specified act (typically completion of a product or point of sale).
- nonclaim statuteSynonym of statute of repose: A law that sets a time limit for legal liability starting from the occurrence of a specified act (typically completion of a product or point of sale).
- statute lawsplural of statute law: A law enacted by a legislative body, as opposed to a regulation made by the executive branch or case law made by court precedent.
- statute milesplural of statute mile: The mile of 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards, distinguished from the traditional mile of 5,000 feet employed before the 1593 Weights and Measures Act.
- statute acreA standard unit of land area equal to 4,840 square yards or 43,560 square feet.
- slayer statuteA statute that prohibits inheritance by a person who murders someone from whom they stand to inherit.
- long arm statuteIn the law of civil procedure, a statute which establishes the activities by a potential defendant which will give the courts of a state personal jurisdiction over that defendant.
- creatures of statuteplural of creature of statute: A body created by legislation, especially a public body.
- creature of statuteA body created by legislation, especially a public body.
- laughing heir statuteA statute that prohibits inheritance from passing to an heir who is too distantly removed from the deceased.
- statute of fraudsA statute that bars enforcement of an oral contract.
- statute acresplural of statute acre: A standard unit of land area equal to 4,840 square yards or 43,560 square feet.
- statute booksplural of statute book: All the statutes and laws of a given jurisdiction, whether or not listed in an actual book.
- statute fairA fair where laborers would gather to offer their services for hire and where fixed labor rates were announced.
- survival statuteA statute that preserves for his estate a decedent's cause of action for infliction of pain and suffering and related damages suffered up to the moment of death.
- wrongful death statuteA statute that provides relief from the common law rule that the death of an individual cannot be the basis of a cause of action in a civil suit.
- statute fairsplural of statute fair: A fair where laborers would gather to offer their services for hire and where fixed labor rates were announced.
Compound words 3
- statutableIn conformity to statutes regarding size, quality etc.
- counterstatuteA statute that counteracts or opposes another statute.
- substatuteA secondary or lesser statute.