He got off because of the statute of limitations.
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Statute
//ˈstæt͡ʃuːt//
Synonyms for "statute" (76 found)
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Related words (38)
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1 entriesTranslations
45 translations across 20 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- закон noun (written law as laid down by the legislature)
- статут noun (written law as laid down by the legislature)
Catalan
2 entries- estatut noun (written law as laid down by the legislature)
- estatuts noun (legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- یاسا noun (written law as laid down by the legislature)
- یاسا noun (legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 法令 noun (legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law)
Estonian
1 entries- põhikiri noun (written law as laid down by the legislature)
Finnish
2 entries- säädös noun (written law as laid down by the legislature)
- säädös noun (legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law)
French
2 entries- statut noun (written law as laid down by the legislature)
- statut noun (legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law)
German
2 entries- Statut noun (written law as laid down by the legislature)
- Statut noun (legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law)
Hindi
4 entries- अधिनियम noun (written law as laid down by the legislature)
- अधिनियम noun (legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law)
- क़ानून noun (written law as laid down by the legislature)
- कानून noun (written law as laid down by the legislature)
Hungarian
4 entries- alapokmány noun (written law as laid down by the legislature)
- alapszabály noun (legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law)
- alapító okirat noun (legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law)
- rendelet noun (written law as laid down by the legislature)
Indonesian
3 entries- ketetapan hukum noun (legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law)
- statuta noun (written law as laid down by the legislature)
- undang-undang noun (written law as laid down by the legislature)
Irish
2 entries- reacht noun (written law as laid down by the legislature)
- reacht noun (legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law)
Japanese
1 entries- 律令 noun (legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law)
Latin
1 entries- scītum noun (written law as laid down by the legislature)
Malay
1 entries- statut noun (written law as laid down by the legislature)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- statutt noun (written law as laid down by the legislature)
- vedtekt noun (written law as laid down by the legislature)
Persian
1 entries- قانون noun (written law as laid down by the legislature)
Polish
2 entries- statut noun (written law as laid down by the legislature)
- ustawa noun (written law as laid down by the legislature)
Russian
4 entries- стату́т noun (written law as laid down by the legislature)
- стату́т noun (legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law)
- уста́в noun (written law as laid down by the legislature)
- уста́в noun (legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law)
Spanish
1 entries- estatuto noun (written law as laid down by the legislature)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
The statute of limitations has already passed for this crime.
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I've heard there's no statute of limitations on murder.
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A nautical mile is equal to 1.1508 statute miles.
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