Dictionary![]() ![]() stat•utePronunciation: (stach'OOt, -oot), [key] —n. 1. Law. a. an enactment made by a legislature and expressed in a formal document. b. the document in which such an enactment is expressed. 2. Internat. Law.an instrument annexed or subsidiary to an international agreement, as a treaty. 3. a permanent rule established by an organization, corporation, etc., to govern its internal affairs. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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