statute

formal written document that creates law, including acts, executive orders, and by-laws
class legal_term_or_legal_concept Q820655
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statute

Summary

statute is a legal term or legal concept[1]. statute ranks in the top 8% of legal_term_or_legal_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,756 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • statute's instance of is recorded as legal term or legal concept[3].
  • statute followed draft laws[4].
  • statute is a type of written work[5].
  • statute is a type of document[6].
  • statute is a type of rule[7].
  • statute is a type of Q141248195[8].
  • statute is part of law[9].
  • statute is part of legal act[10].
  • statute's Commons category is recorded as Statutes[11].
  • statute comprises legal norm[12].
  • statute's has cause is recorded as legislative process[13].
  • statute's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[14].
  • statute's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[15].
  • statute's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • statute's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[17].
  • statute's manifestation of is recorded as statutory law[18].
  • statute's equivalent class is recorded as https://schema.org/Legislation[19].
  • statute's different from is recorded as law[20].
  • statute's different from is recorded as legislation[21].
  • statute's different from is recorded as legal act[22].
  • statute's different from is recorded as legal act[23].
  • statute's different from is recorded as eve[24].
  • statute's different from is recorded as vigil[25].
  • statute's different from is recorded as Q4212709[26].
  • statute's different from is recorded as Wet[27].

Why It Matters

statute ranks in the top 8% of legal_term_or_legal_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,756 views/month).[2] statute has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] statute is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). statute. Retrieved October 2, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/statute
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_statute_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{statute}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/statute}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-02}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14439 → 001372
    Topic's main category → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14439]]: 001372"
  2. 19d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → statutes
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: statutes, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289958016|statutes (#289958016)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n"
  3. 25d ago · FenyMufyd · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → written work, document, rule +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q141248195]]"
  4. 28d ago · Infovarius · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has cause → legislative process
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||isv, sh */ [[MediaWiki talk:Gadget-autoEdit.js|autoEdit]] Update Labels"
  5. 4w ago · Épico · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has cause → legislative process
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P828]]: [[Q49371]]"
  6. 4w ago · Épico · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has effect → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1542]]: [[Q7766927]]"
  7. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Hds id → 030903
    Babelnet id → —
    Equivalent class → —
    Pactols thesaurus id → pcrt2XKbjOmPcT
    + 95 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 4200, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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