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Statute vs Canon - What's the difference?

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Statute is a related term of canon.


As nouns the difference between statute and canon

is that statute is written law, as laid down by the legislature while canon is .

statute

English

(wikipedia statute)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Written law, as laid down by the legislature.
  • (legal) (Common law) Legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law by those it governs.

    • Derived terms

    * statutory * statutorily * statutory rape

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    canon

    English

    (wikipedia canon)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A generally accepted principle; a rule.
    • The trial must proceed according to the canons of law.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Or that the Everlasting had not fixed His canon 'gainst self-slaughter.
  • (literary) A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
    • (turn into real quote) "the durable canon of American short fiction" — William Styron
  • The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
    • the entire Shakespeare canon
  • A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
  • A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
    • We must proceed according to canon law.
  • A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
  • In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
  • A member of a cathedral chapter; one who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
  • A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.
    • Pachelbel’s ''Canon'' has become very popular.
  • (fandom) Those sources, especially including literary works, which are generally considered authoritative regarding a given fictional universe.
    • A spin-off book series revealed the aliens to be originally from Earth, but it's not canon .
  • (cookery) A rolled and filleted loin of meat.
    • a canon of beef or lamb
  • (printing) The largest size of type with a specific name, formerly used for printing the canons of the church.
  • (senseid)The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.
    • (Knight)
  • (billiards) A carom.

    • Derived terms

    * canon law * canonic * canonicity * canonical * canonise, canonize * canonisation, canonization * canonist * deuterocanonical * noncanonical

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