Synonyms of statutes

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• laws
• acts
• ordinances
• bills
• amendments
• prohibitions
• enactments
• constitutions
• legislations
• regulations
• rulings
• rules
• commandments
• bylaws
• decrees
• edicts
• directives
• dictates
• ground rules
• restrictions
• common law
• fiats
• commands
• proscriptions
• canons
• blue laws
• capitularies
• encyclicals

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• higher laws

Example Sentences

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