||Sta"tus (?), n. [L.] State; condition; position of affairs.
{ ||Sta"tus in` quo" (?), ||Sta"tus quo" }. [L., state in which.] The
state in which anything is already. The phrase is also used
retrospectively, as when, on a treaty of place, matters return to the
status quo ante bellum, or are left in statu quo ante bellum, i.e., the
state (or, in the state) before the war.
Stat"u*ta*ble (?), a. 1. Made or introduced by statute; proceeding from
an act of the legistature; as, a statutable provision or remedy.
2. Made or being in conformity to statute; standard; as, statutable
measures.
Stat"u*ta*bly, adv. Conformably to statute.
Stat"ute (?), n. [F. statut, LL. statutum, from L. statutus, p. p. of
statuere to set, station, ordain, fr. status position, station, fr.
stare, statum, to stand. See Stand, and cf. Constitute, Destitute.] 1.
An act of the legislature of a state or country, declaring, commanding,
or prohibiting something; a positive law; the written will of the
legislature expressed with all the requisite forms of legislation; --
used in distinction fraom common law. See Common law, under Common, a.
Bouvier.
Statute is commonly applied to the acts of a legislative body
consisting of representatives. In monarchies, legislature laws of the
sovereign are called edicts, decrees, ordinances, rescripts, etc. In
works on international law and in the Roman law, the term is used as
embracing all laws imposed by competent authority. Statutes in this
sense are divided into statutes real, statutes personal, and statutes
mixed; statutes real applying to immovables; statutes personal to
movables; and statutes mixed to both classes of property.
2. An act of a corporation or of its founder, intended as a permanent
rule or law; as, the statutes of a university.
3. An assemblage of farming servants (held possibly by statute) for the
purpose of being hired; -- called also statute fair. [Eng.] Cf. 3d Mop,
2. Halliwell.
Statute book, a record of laws or legislative acts. Blackstone. --
Statute cap, a kind of woolen cap; -- so called because enjoined to be
worn by a statute, dated in 1571, in behalf of the trade of cappers.
[Obs.] Halliwell. -- Statute fair. See Statute, n., 3, above. --
Statute labor, a definite amount of labor required for the public
service in making roads, bridges, etc., as in certain English colonies.
-- Statute merchant (Eng. Law), a bond of record pursuant to the stat.
13 Edw. I., acknowledged in form prescribed, on which, if not paid at
the day, an execution might be awarded against the body, lands, and
goods of the debtor, and the obligee might hold the lands until out of
the rents and profits of them the debt was satisfied; -- called also a
pocket judgment. It is now fallen into disuse. Tomlins. Bouvier. --
Statute mile. See under Mile. -- Statute of limitations (Law), a
statute assigned a certain time, after which rights can not be enforced
by action. -- Statute staple, a bond of record acknowledged before the
mayor of the staple, by virtue of which the creditor may, on
nonpayment, forthwith have execution against the body, lands, and goods
of the debtor, as in the statute merchant. It is now disused.
Blackstone.
Syn. -- Act; regulation; edict; decree. See Law.
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Stat"u*to*ry (?), a. Enacted by statute; depending on statute for its
authority; as, a statutory provision.
{ Staunch (?), Staunch"ly, Staunch"ness, etc. } See Stanch, Stanchly,
etc.
Stau"ro*lite (?), n. [Gr. &?; a cross + -lite.] (Min.) A mineral of a
brown to black color occurring in prismatic crystals, often twinned so
as to form groups resembling a cross. It is a silicate of aluminia and
iron, and is generally found imbedded in mica schist. Called also
granatite, and grenatite.
Stau`ro*lit"ic (?), a. (Min.) Of or pertaining to staurolite;
resembling or containing staurolite.
Stau"ro*scope (?), n. [Gr. &?; a cross + -scope.] (Crystallog.) An
optical instrument used in determining the position of the planes of
light-vibration in sections of crystals.
Stau"ro*tide (?), n. [F. staurotide, from Gr. &?; cruciform (from Gr.
&?; a cross) + &?; form.] (Min.) Staurolite.
Stave (?), n. [From Staff, and corresponding to the pl. staves. See
Staff.] 1. One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron
plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a
vessel or structure; esp., one of the strips which form the sides of a
cask, a pail, etc.
2. One of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel; one of the bars or
rounds of a rack, a ladder, etc.