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German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin statūtum.
Pronunciation
Noun
Statut n (mixed, genitive Statutes or Statuts, plural Statuten) (law)
- (now dispreferred except in Switzerland) statute, bylaw, charter, a body of legal provisions defined by a corporation for itself
- Synonym: Satzung
- (Austria, whence also for Czechia) a kind of basic law instituted by the state for some communes but not others
- the law applicable to a legal relationship in civil and commercial matters containing foreign elements, as determined by private international law
- Synonyms: anwendbares Recht, anzuwendendes Recht
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Further reading
- “Statut” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Statut” in Duden online