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statute
stat·ute /'sta-chüt/ n [Latin statutum law, regulation, from neuter of statutus, past participle of statuere to set up, station, from status position, state]
1: a law enacted by the legislative branch of a government see also code, statutory law
2: an act of a corporation or its founder intended as a permanent rule
3: an international instrument setting up an agency and regulating its scope or authority
the statute of the International Court of Justice

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.