Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.
statute — A formal written enactment of a legislative body, whether federal, state, city, or county. An act of the legislature declaring, commanding, or prohibiting something; a particular law enacted and established by the will of the legislative… … Black's law dictionary
Statute of frauds — The statute of frauds refers to the requirement that certain kinds of contracts be made in writing and signed.Traditionally, the statute of frauds requires a writing signed by the defendant in the following circumstances: * Contracts in… … Wikipedia
statute of Acton Burnel — In English law, a statute, otherwise called Statutum Mercatorum or de Mercatoribus, the statute of the merchants, made at a parliament held at the castle or village of Acton Burnel in Shropshire, in the llth year of the reign of Edward I. It was… … Black's law dictionary
statute of Acton Burnel — In English law, a statute, otherwise called Statutum Mercatorum or de Mercatoribus, the statute of the merchants, made at a parliament held at the castle or village of Acton Burnel in Shropshire, in the llth year of the reign of Edward I. It was… … Black's law dictionary
Statute law — Law Law (l[add]), n. [OE. lawe, laghe, AS. lagu, from the root of E. lie: akin to OS. lag, Icel. l[ o]g, Sw. lag, Dan. lov; cf. L. lex, E. legal. A law is that which is laid, set, or fixed; like statute, fr. L. statuere to make to stand. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
statute of frauds — This is the common designation of a very celebrated English statute (29 Car. II, c. 3), passed in 1677, which has been adopted, in a more or less modified form, in nearly all of the United States. Its chief characteristic is the provision that no … Black's law dictionary
statute of frauds — This is the common designation of a very celebrated English statute (29 Car. II, c. 3), passed in 1677, which has been adopted, in a more or less modified form, in nearly all of the United States. Its chief characteristic is the provision that no … Black's law dictionary
object of statute — The aim or purpose of a statute. For some purposes, the equivalent of subject of a statute. 50 Am J1st Stat § 191 … Ballentine's law dictionary
Statute Quia Emptores — An act of Parliament in 1290 (18 Edw I ch 1), prohibiting sub infeudation as by providing that upon all sales or feoffments of lands, the feoffee shall hold the same, not of the immediate feoffor, but of the chief lord of the fee, of whom such… … Ballentine's law dictionary
title of statute — A heading in words given a statute for the purpose of calling attention to the subject matter of the act. The first part of a statute, often expressing the name by which it is to be known or cited and usually expressing the subject or object of… … Ballentine's law dictionary
