statutes

noun

plural of statute
as in laws
a rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature a new antilittering statute

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Recent Examples of statutes Some defendants face additional allegations involving false claims of citizenship or fraudulent statements that rest on separate federal statutes. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026 In a complaint, multiple plaintiffs alleged user data from CVS digital properties was sold to advertising technology company Criteo in violation of the Federal Wiretap Act, the California Invasion of Privacy Act and other statutes. — Brian Sloan, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026 Corey Riday-White, of the Center for Climate Integrity, said for the justices interested in ruling based on the text of the Constitution or federal statutes, there is not much to support Suncor and Exxon. — Carrie Johnson, NPR, 5 Oct. 2026 Florida does not currently have comprehensive statutes that regulate how law enforcement agencies or officers may use license plate databases. — Abigail Hall, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2026 But there are several other federal and state statutes barring voter intimidation that could apply. — ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026 Meanwhile, in England and the United States and across continental Europe, statutes that punished idleness sharpened into vagrancy laws that gave police discretionary power to identify when a form of nonaction constituted criminal disorder. — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026 The directive does not apply to red-light and other traffic enforcement cameras some cities in South Florida use, including school-zone cameras and school bus cameras, which are regulated by different Florida statutes. — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026 The guidance didn’t specify which of the hundreds of subsections chapter 115 of Missouri’s statutes Peters was citing. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for statutes
  1. laws
  2. acts
  3. ordinances
  4. bills
  5. amendments
Noun
  • Last week, prediction markets received a favorable court ruling in Illinois that halted the state from implementing its gambling laws on Kalshi and Coinbase event contracts.
    — Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026
  • No amount of training can erase the fear created by vague laws backed by severe penalties.
    — Dara Kass, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of laws
Noun
  • The three-part series takes audiences through the life of Harry Houdini, from his childhood through some of his most elusive acts as an illusionist during the early 20th century.
    — Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Allegations went beyond the workplace Police said Carroll was caught on surveillance video and had also filmed himself committing the acts, then posted the videos online.
    — Bryan Lynn, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of acts
Noun
  • Furr, who leaves office in November, joined Commissioner Nan Rich in voting against both ordinances.
    — Zoey Thomas, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Mother nature intended these to work together, but ordinances et al treat them as independent.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of ordinances
Noun
  • Final accounting for 2025-26 revenue sharing is still to be completed, but big market clubs are on the hook for bigger bills after seven teams ducked under the luxury tax threshold ahead of the trade deadline.
    — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 9 Oct. 2026
  • More bills in the G-string, like winning, like a casino, chance but something deeper, more contrived.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of bills
Noun
  • Parliament’s lower house dominates the legislative process, but the Senate plays an important role in passing constitutional amendments and approving Constitutional Court judges.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The resolution of the war was these amendments, the 14th Amendment specifically.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of amendments

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“Statutes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/statutes. Accessed 15 Oct. 2026.

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