How to Use statute in a Sentence

statute

noun
Definition of statutenext
Synonyms for statutenext
  • The state legislature passed the statute by an overwhelming margin.
  • Forty-eight states now have some version of the statute.
    — Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Well, first, these are types of statutes that exist in state law.
    — CBS News, 18 Aug. 2024
  • Washington is not party to the statute that set up the ICC.
    — Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 27 July 2023
  • Lee quickly signed off on the statute and it was set to take effect April 1.
    — Kimberlee Kruesi, Anchorage Daily News, 3 June 2023
  • It has since been strengthened by state lawmakers, spurred by the attack to add teeth to the statute.
    — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The statute is named for Josef Neumann, who was stabbed to death at a rabbi’s home during Hanukkah of 2020.
    — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 22 Nov. 2022
  • All of these statutes were dead by the Roaring ’20s, if not earlier.
    — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
  • Willis’s case makes use of a state version of the federal RICO statute.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Countries such as Japan, Canada and Turkey are member states of the statute.
    — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Four states have passed personhood statutes, though one, in Arizona, was blocked by a court.
    — Rachel Hatzipanagos, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
  • But common sense doesn’t always win in a courtroom, where statutes reign supreme.
    — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The decades-old statute was invoked by the Trump administration in March 2020 at the start of the pandemic.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2023
  • Florida’s statute must give way to the Constitution and laws of the United States and must not be enforced.
    — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Set in statute, the parameters of early voting are clear, but some of the processes are a work in progress.
    — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The statute was constructed by artist Radcliff Bailey, who died last year.
    — Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 27 July 2024
  • But a federal judge temporarily blocked the state from enforcing the statute last year, and the case has yet to go to trial.
    — Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • State statute sets the threshold for felony prosecution of most retail thefts at $300.
    — A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Does there need to be some statute from Congress that authorizes removal?
    — ABC News, 4 Feb. 2024
  • But the review does recommend that the Utah Legislature revise the statute to be more clear.
    — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Trump has repeatedly criticized both the statute and the judge, a Democrat.
    — Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The case hinges on the argument that the state’s wrongful death statute should apply to embryos that have not yet been implanted in a woman’s uterus.
    — Amy Yurkanin | Ayurkanin@al.com, al, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Trump has been charged with violating the statute, and the court's decision could impact whether that count and one other stand.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Advocates from both sides of the aisle say a compassionate release statute would do just that.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 18 Apr. 2024
  • California, which has the strictest statute, calls for sellers to disclose all deaths going back three years.
    — Rachel Kurzius, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2023
  • The agency scrapped its plan in 2021, saying the process and timeline set by the state's statutes did not allow adequate time for the rulemaking to move forward.
    — Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The law is a Florida anti-hazing statute in which the students could face felony or misdemeanor charges.
    — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The First Court of Appeals agreed that the statute was unconstitutional and overly broad.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 5 Dec. 2022
  • The plaintiffs in this case use Comstock in one of their arguments, treating it as a straightforward statute and not a defunct law.
    — Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Under the statute, anyone who crossed the border without authorization could be subject to immediate expulsion.
    — Jack Herrera, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2024

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'statute.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: