Statute

An act of legislature declaring, commanding or prohibiting something. Statute of frauds: v. Frauds, statute of. Statute of limitations: a statute by which rights of action are limited to certain prescribed periods of time.

In English law. Statute roll: a roll on which an act, after receiving the royal assent, was formally entered.

In old English law. A bill or law which, after receiving the royal assent on the parliament roll, was entered on the statute roll, by which it became complete.

In the civil law. Any municipal law or usage, though based on judicial decisions, or the practice of nations; the whole municipal law of a state.