statuto
Statuto is the Italian term for a statute, charter, or set of by-laws that governs an organization or institution. In Italy and other Romance-language contexts, statuto denotes the formal document that defines an entity’s purpose, rules, and governance. In English usage, the corresponding concepts are statute, charter, or by-laws depending on the scope.
A statuto typically establishes the entity’s aims, membership and eligibility, governance structure, rights and duties of
Legally, the statuto is binding on the organization’s members and leadership, and it often interacts with higher
A historically significant example is the Statuto Albertino of 1848, the constitutional charter granted by Charles
Statuto is used across contexts—corporate, nonprofit, municipal, and educational—often referred to as statuto sociale or statuti