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Statute of the Council of Europe

The Statute of the Council of Europe (ETS No. 1), signed in London 5 May 1949 by ten states, is the founding treaty of the Council of Europe, defining its aim, membership, organs, and amendment rules.

Statute of the International Court of Justice

The Statute of the International Court of Justice, annexed to the UN Charter and adopted at San Francisco in 1945, constitutes the ICJ: its organization, judge election, contentious and advisory jurisdiction, Article 38 sources of law, procedure, and amendment.

Statute of Vladimir Monomakh

The Statute of Vladimir Monomakh (Устав Владимира Мономаха) is legislation issued by Grand Prince Vladimir Monomakh of Kiev in 1113, limiting loan interest and regulating debt-bound peasants and slaves.

Statute of Westminster 1931

UK statute of 11 December 1931 (22 & 23 Geo. V c. 4) giving the six Dominions legislative autonomy: ending Colonial Laws Validity Act repugnancy, barring UK Acts without Dominion request and consent, and enacting the 1926 Balfour Declaration.

Statute of Wiślica

The Statute of Wiślica (Statut wiślicki) is a Latin law code for Lesser Poland issued by King Casimir III the Great, in force by 1362 at the latest.

Statute on Coinage (Qian lü)

The Statute on Coinage (钱律) was the monetary law of the early Western Han dynasty, known from the Ernian lüling bamboo slips excavated at Zhangjiashan in 1983 and abolished under Empress Lü.

Statute on Enhanced Security

The Statute on Enhanced Security (Положение об усиленной охране) was an emergency-powers law of the Russian Empire, approved by Alexander III in 1881 and kept in force until 1917.

Statute on Monks and Nuns (Sengni ling)

The Statute on Monks and Nuns (僧尼令) was a Tang dynasty law disciplining Buddhist clergy, known today chiefly through its Japanese counterpart, the 27-article Soni-ryō of 757.

Statute on the Succession of 1722

The Statute on the Succession of 1722 (Устав о наследии престола) was a decree of Peter I giving each Russian monarch the right to name a successor, in force until 1797.

Statutes and Ordinances of the Second Year

The Statutes and Ordinances of the Second Year (二年律令) is a set of early Western Han laws on 526 bamboo strips from a tomb in Hubei, dated to 186 BC.

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Statutes and Precedents of the Board of Revenue

The Statutes and Precedents of the Board of Revenue (户部则例) was the Qing dynasty Board of Revenue's administrative code on taxation and fiscal administration, first completed in 1776.

Statutes and Precedents of the Zhizheng Era

The Statutes and Precedents of the Zhizheng Era (至正条格) was a Yuan dynasty legal code, long thought lost until a fragment was found in Korea in 2002.

Statutes of Batavia

The Statutes of Batavia (Statuten van Batavia) were a legal code promulgated in 1642 by Governor-General Anthonie van Diemen for the city of Batavia, present-day Jakarta.

Statutes of Casimir the Great

The Statutes of Casimir the Great (Statuty Kazimierza Wielkiego) are two law codes issued by King Casimir III of Poland, written in Latin and based on Polish customary law.

Statutes of Lithuania

The Statutes of Lithuania (Літоўскі Статут) were the three codifications of law of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, issued in 1529, 1566, and 1588; the Third Statute remained in force until 1840.

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Statutes of the Western Wei

The Statutes of the Western Wei (西魏大统律令) are the law of the Western Wei state, centered on the Datong shi code drafted by Su Chuo.

Statutes on Agriculture (Tian lü)

Statutes on Agriculture (田律) was a Qin dynasty statute governing agricultural land, its layout, allotment, taxation, and seasonal farming, known from excavated bamboo slips and revised in 309 BC under King Wu of Qin.

Statutes on Gold and Cloth (Jinbu lü)

The Statutes on Gold and Cloth (金布律) is a Qin-dynasty law on money and government property, known from bamboo slips excavated at Shuihudi, Hubei, in 1975.

Statutory interpretation

Statutory interpretation is how courts determine the meaning of statutes, principally through purposivism and textualism, using tools such as ordinary meaning, canons, legislative history, and post-Loper Bright independent judicial judgment.

Statutory liquidity ratio

The statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) is the share of liabilities Indian banks must hold in cash, gold, or government securities, set by the RBI at 18 per cent.

Statutory nuisance

Statutory nuisance is a list of environmental conditions, like noise and smoke, that local authorities in England and Wales must act against under the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

Statutory rape

Statutory rape: sexual intercourse with a person below the age of consent, criminal regardless of willingness and usually without force; also called carnal knowledge or corruption of a minor. Strict liability as to age, with close-in-age and marital exceptions varying by jurisdiction.