STATUTE in a Sentence

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For STATUTE, below is one of 13 sentences:
There was no law on the statute books which would execute an Afro-American for wounding a white man, but the "unwritten law" did.

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 Meanings and Examples of STATUTE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
statute
 n.  law enacted by legislature; decree or edict, as of a ruler
Classic Sentence:
1  There was no law on the statute books which would execute an Afro-American for wounding a white man, but the "unwritten law" did.
Southern Horrors By Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Context  Highlight   In V
2  Two years was the "statute of limitations," and after that the victim could not sue.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12
3  The Grand Master began reading the statutes.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER IV
4  He managed to follow only the last words of the statutes and these remained in his mind.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER IV
5  Moreover, the words of the masonic statutes, "be kindly and courteous," recurred to him.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER V
6  Hoar Faith and Vesta, Quirinus and Remus brothers again, shall deliver statutes.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK FIRST
7  Trojan Acestes, rejoicing in his kingdom, appoints a court and gathers his senators to give them statutes.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK FIFTH
8  He gathered together the unruly race scattered on the mountain heights, and gave them statutes, and chose Latium to be their name, since in these borders he had found a safe hiding-place.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK EIGHTH
Example Sentence:
1  The Bill could reach the statute book by the summer if it attracts the support of Home Office ministers.
2  Protection for the consumer is laid down by statute.
3  An act that is destructive to the environment may be criminalized by statute.
4  New York's eminent domain statute is virtually capital punishment for property owners.
5  The government said last week it would introduce legislation to take the death penalty off the statute books and replace it with life in prison.