Everything about Statute totally explained
A
statute is a formal, written
law of a
country or
state, written and enacted by its
legislative authority, perhaps to then be ratified by the highest
executive in the
government, and finally published. Typically, statutes command, prohibit, or declare policy. Statutes are sometimes referred to as
legislation or "
black letter law."
In many countries, published statutes are organized in topical arrangements called codes, such as the
United States Code. In the United States,
statutory law is distinguished from and subordinate to
constitutional law.
Alternative meanings
International law
The term
statute is sometimes also used to refer to an International
treaty that establishes an
institution, such as the Statute of the
European Central Bank, a protocol to the
Treaty of Maastricht. This includes international courts as well, such as the Statute of the
International Court of Justice and the Rome Statute of the
International Criminal Court. Statute is also another word for law. The term was adapted from England in about the 18th century.
Biblical terminology
In biblical terminology, a Statute (Hebrew
chok) refers to a law given without a reason. The classic example is the Statute regarding the
Red Heifer, which, legend has it, defied even the wisdom of
King Solomon.
The opposite of a chok is a
mishpat, a law given for a specified reason, for example the
Sabbath laws, which were given because "God created the world in six days, but on the seventh day He rested". (
Genesis 2:2-3)
Autonomy Statute
In the
Autonomous Communities of Spain the Autonomy Statute is a legal document similar in all but name to a state constitution in a federal state. The name was chosen because federalism was a taboo subject when the
constitution of 1978 was approved.
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