[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

mile \mile\ mimacl, n. as. mimacl, fr. l. millia, milia;
   pl. of mille a thousand, i. e., milia passuum a thousand
   paces. cf. mill the tenth of a cent, million.
   a certain measure of distance, being equivalent in england
   and the united states to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet.
   1913 webster

   note: the distance called a mile varies greatly in different
         countries. its length in yards is, in norway, 12,182;
         in brunswick, 11,816; in sweden, 11,660; in hungary,
         9,139; in switzerland, 8,548; in austria, 8,297; in
         prussia, 8,238; in poland, 8,100; in italy, 2,025; in
         england and the united states, 1,760; in spain, 1,552;
         in the netherlands, 1,094.
         1913 webster

   geographical mile or nautical mile, one sixtieth of a
      degree of a great circle of the earth, or 6080.27 feet.

   mile run. same as train mile. see under train.

   roman mile, a thousand paces, equal to 1,614 yards english
      measure.

   statute mile, a mile conforming to statute, that is, in
      england and the united states, a mile of 5,280 feet, as
      distinguished from any other mile.
      1913 webster
see also:
mill million geographical mile nautical mile mile run train mile 
train roman mile statute mile 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

statute \stat"ute\ --ut, 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 from common law. see common law,
      under common, a. --bouvier.
      1913 webster

   note: statute is commonly applied to the acts of a
         legislative body consisting of representatives. in
         monarchies, the 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.
         1913 webster

   2. an act of a corporation or of its founder, intended as a
      permanent rule or law; as, the statutes of a university.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   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 assigning 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.
      1913 webster

   syn: act; regulation; edict; decree. see law.
        1913 webster
see also:
stand constitute destitute common law common law common 
statute fair mop statute book statute cap statute fair 
statute statute labor statute merchant pocket judgment statute mile 
mile statute of limitations statute staple law 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

statute mile
     n : a unit of length equal to 1760 yards syn: mile, stat mi,
          land mile, mi
see also:
mile stat mi land mile mi 

Mile >> M Words
Mile, definition of term: Mile
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Nautical Mile >> N Words
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Land Mile >> L Words
Land Mile, definition of term: Land Mile
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Air Mile >> A Words
Air Mile, definition of term: Air Mile
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