statute mile

[ stach-oot mahyl, stach-oot ]

/ ˈstætʃ ut ˌmaɪl, ˈstætʃ ʊt /

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noun

mile (def. 1).

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Origin of statute mile

First recorded in 1860–65

Words nearby statute mile

status zero, statutable, statute, statute book, statute law, statute mile, statute of limitations, Statute of Westminster, statutory, statutory declaration, statutory law

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Then she managed to struggle a mile through dark, rainy woods.
The 7-Year-Old Plane Crash Survivor’s Brutal Journey Through the Woods|James Higdon|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Beyond the huge American flag that hung over the street, the mile-long mass of cops ended.
Funeral Protest Is Too Much for NYPD Union Boss|Michael Daly|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Each one seems a mile high, and the entire flight an insurmountable obstacle.
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Another bombshell: There is no statute of limitations on rape in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
I Was Gang Raped at a UVA Frat 30 Years Ago, and No One Did Anything|Liz Seccuro|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST

So I went home—we only lived about a quarter mile away—and I got on my bicycle and rode back, and he was in the donut shop.
Joe Biden: ‘I’ll Kill Your Son’|Olivia Nuzzi|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
What need to look to right or left when you are swallowing up free mile after mile of dizzying road?
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
General Santa Anna is within a mile of us with fifteen hundred men.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Nowhere can be found a region capable of supporting a larger population to the square mile than Lombardy.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
They had proceeded a mile when Bruno came running back, showing by his manner he had news to impart.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
The procession made its way slowly towards the river, three quarters of a mile to the east.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy

British Dictionary definitions for statute mile

statute mile

noun

a legal or formal name for mile (def. 1)

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Scientific definitions for statute mile

statute mile

[ stăch′ōōt ]

See mile.

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