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Plural of statute

regular plural

The plural of statute is statutes.

Forms of statute

Singularstatute /ˈstatjuːt/
Pluralstatutes /ˈstæt͡ʃuts/
Countablecountable and uncountable

Statutes in a sentence

  • The governor issued many statutes during his term.From the entry statutes
  • If they can't get people to do the right thing by talking then they will try to legislate and enforce the statutes.From the entry legislate
  • Panetta emphasized that the president could not bypass antitorture statutes, as Bush lawyers claimed.2009 February 18, Charlie Savage, “Obama’s War on Terror May Resemble Bush’s in Some Areas”, in New York Times. From the entry antitorture
  • The program cabinets listed below and the agencies within each cabinet are designated in the statutes.2003, A Handbook for Gubernatorial Transition in Kentucky, Legislative Research Commission, page 49. From the entry cabinet
  • Thomas Pasco, beggar, got everything the statutes would permit Judge Binkle to give him yesterday afternoon.1903 September 9, “COURT THROWS BOOK AT HIM”, in Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA, page 5. From the entry throw the book at

Meaning of statute

  1. noun A written law or ordinance passed by a legislative body.
  2. noun A rule of an organization or institution.
  3. noun A law or decree made by a sovereign, or by God.

Full definition of statute

Questions about the plural of statute

What is the plural of statute?
The plural of statute is statutes.
Is statute countable?
Statute is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: statute (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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