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

The Bankruptcy Court noted that the bankruptcy statutes do not define who is a beneficiary and that the issue would be determined by Arizona state law. — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Rokita said in a statement that nothing in Indiana’s emergency powers statutes prevent the governor from declaring separate emergencies based on different factors. — Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026

Missouri statutes allow police to be requested, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 4 Aug. 2026

The government has also indicted nearly 50 people on conspiracy charges in Michigan, Texas and Minnesota using different legal statutes. — Meg Anderson, NPR, 3 Aug. 2026

Violations of the Clean Water Act are somewhat easier to prove than violations of other statutes because the simple act of discharging a pollutant without a permit is a violation of the law. — Sarah J. Morath, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026

California courts have repeatedly refused to rewrite unconstitutional tax statutes on the grounds that this usurps the role of the Legislature or, in the case of an initiative, the people. — Jared Walczak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2026

The laws eliminate preventive arrests and stop prosecutors from processing political parties involved in corruption under the same statutes as criminal groups. — Franklin Briceño, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2026

Even if an individual did not own shares directly tied to the transatlantic slave trade, the capital generated by the practice was funneled into various pillars of European society, embedded in architecture, statutes, and schools. — Literary Hub, 27 July 2026