plural of nonclaim statute

plural of laughing heir statute

plural of long-arm statute (alternative spelling of long arm statutes).

plural of long arm statute

plural of wrongful death statute

(UK) The mile of 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards, distinguished from the traditional mile of 5,000 feet employed before the 1593 Weights and Measures Act.

(law, countable) A law enacted by a legislative body, as opposed to a regulation made by the executive branch or case law made by court precedent.

(law) A statute that preserves for his estate a decedent's cause of action for infliction of pain and suffering and related damages suffered up to the moment of death.

Any law that sets a time limit, after which a person may not be tried for a crime, or after which some other legal action may not take place.

(informal, law) All the statutes and laws of a given jurisdiction, whether or not listed in an actual book.