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(1):

(a.) An assemblage of farming servants (held possibly by statute) for the purpose of being hired; - called also statute fair.

(2):

(a.) An act of a corporation or of its founder, intended as a permanent rule or law; as, the statutes of a university.

(3):

(n.) An act of the legislature of a state or country, declaring, commanding, or prohibiting something; a positive law; the written will of the legislature expressed with all the requisite forms of legislation; - used in distinction fraom common law. See Common law, under Common, a.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Statute'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/statute.html. 1828.
 
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