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.

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 Meanings and Examples of STATUTE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
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.
Southern Horrors By Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Context  Highlight   In V
2  Two years was the "statute of limitations," and after that the victim could not sue.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12
3  The Grand Master began reading the statutes.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER IV
4  He managed to follow only the last words of the statutes and these remained in his mind.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER IV
5  Moreover, the words of the masonic statutes, "be kindly and courteous," recurred to him.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER V
6  Hoar Faith and Vesta, Quirinus and Remus brothers again, shall deliver statutes.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK FIRST
7  Trojan Acestes, rejoicing in his kingdom, appoints a court and gathers his senators to give them statutes.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK FIFTH
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.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK EIGHTH
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.