The phrase "approval of a statute" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal or legislative contexts when discussing the formal acceptance or endorsement of a law or regulation.
Example: "The approval of a statute is necessary before it can be enacted and enforced."
Alternatives: "ratification of a law" or "endorsement of legislation."
2363, 2371-2372, n. 1, 105 L.Ed.2d 1989(1989) ("It is impossible to assert with any degree of assurance that congressional failure to act represents affirmative congressional approval" of judicial interpretation of a statute) (internal quotation marks omitted).
Resolution of the heads of states of Central Asia on approval of the Statute of the International Aral Sea Fund and agreement on the status of ISAF and its organizations.
A cost-benefit analysis shall not be required under subparagraph (A) prior to the initial approval of a written agreement for a matching program that is specifically required by statute.
In 1921 and 1923, final approval of the Danube River Statute was granted by Austria, Germany, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania, Great Britain, Italy, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Greece.
Although administration officials recently announced plans to attend the I.C.C. ten-year review conference in Uganda later this year, they have re-iterated concerns about potential I.C.C. prosecutions of U.S. soldiers and have said they will not seek Senate approval of the Rome Statute, which established the I.C.C.
Well, this is part of a statute.
Someone is waiting on an approval of an approval.
As we noted, before United Technologies can acquire Diebold in an unsolicited offer, it must gain pre-approval of a Diebold's shareholders under Ohio's antitakeover control share acquisition statute.
Since that time, he said, the success of gay organizations in winning approval of same-sex marriage statutes had created a markedly different atmosphere.
