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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Statut(e) law, -lawch, -lauche. [Statut(e n.1 and Law n.1] a. A law enacted and published as a statute. b. The body of laws compiled and published as statutes, written as opposed to customary or common law. —a. c1420 Wynt. v 2877.
For statute lawch [W. statut law, c. statute lauche] fyrst ordanyd he [sc. Constantine] That Cryst a god suld honoryd be —b. 1521 Maxwell Mem. I 248.
Law, cywel or cannon, statut law, or ack of Parliament 1641 Spalding II 14.
Neither statut-law nor commoun-law written … declaireth it so
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