§ 1235.210.Statute

This definition draws a careful line for a term that does real work elsewhere in the title, particularly in § 1230.020's rule that the power of eminent domain may be exercised only as this title provides, except as otherwise specifically provided by statute. "Statute" means a constitutional provision or statute -- but the definition specifically excludes a charter provision or ordinance.

The exclusion means a charter city's own charter provision, or a local ordinance, can't itself create the kind of "specifically provided by statute" exception § 1230.020 allows. Only a constitutional provision or a statute enacted by the Legislature can supply that exception -- local legislative action, however formal, doesn't qualify as a "statute" under this title's own vocabulary.