(law) A statute that preserves for his estate a decedent's cause of action for infliction of pain and suffering and related damages suffered up to the moment of death.

(UK) The mile of 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards, distinguished from the traditional mile of 5,000 feet employed before the 1593 Weights and Measures Act.

(law, countable) A law enacted by a legislative body, as opposed to a regulation made by the executive branch or case law made by court precedent.

(law) A statute that prohibits inheritance by a person who murders someone from whom he or she stands to inherit.

Synonym of statute of repose

(law) A law that sets a time limit for legal liability starting from the occurrence of a specified act (typically completion of a product or point of sale).

plural of statute law

(law) A statute that prohibits inheritance from passing to an heir who is too distantly removed from the deceased.

Alternative spelling of long arm statute

(law, US) In the law of civil procedure, a statute which establishes the activities by a potential defendant which will give the courts of a state personal jurisdiction over that defendant.