plural of statute book

(law) A statute that bars enforcement of an oral contract.

plural of statute mile

(law) A statute that prohibits inheritance by a person who murders someone from whom he or she stands to inherit.

plural of statute law

Synonym of statute of repose

(law) A law that sets a time limit for legal liability starting from the occurrence of a specified act (typically completion of a product or point of sale).

(law) A statute that provides relief from the common law rule that the death of an individual cannot be the basis of a cause of action in a civil suit.

(law) A statute that prohibits inheritance from passing to an heir who is too distantly removed from the deceased.

(law, US) In the law of civil procedure, a statute which establishes the activities by a potential defendant which will give the courts of a state personal jurisdiction over that defendant.