Statute vs Regulate - What's the difference?
statute | regulate |
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.
To dictate policy.
To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.
* Macaulay
* Bancroft
To adjust to a particular specification or requirement: regulate temperature.
To adjust (a mechanism) for accurate and proper functioning.
To put or maintain in order.
As a noun statute
is written law, as laid down by the legislature.As a verb regulate is
to dictate policy.statute
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(wikipedia statute)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* statutory * statutorily * statutory rapeExternal links
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Verb
(regulat)- the laws which regulate the successions of the seasons
- The herdsmen near the frontier adjudicated their own disputes, and regulated their own police.
- to regulate a watch, i.e. adjust its rate of running so that it will keep approximately standard time
- to regulate the temperature of a room, the pressure of steam, the speed of a machine, etc.
- to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances
- to regulate one's eating habits
