static scope

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
lexical scope
lexical scoping
static scope

   <programming> (Or "static scope") When the {scope} of an
   {identifier} is fixed at {compile time} to some region in the
   {source code} containing the identifier's declaration.  This
   means that an identifier is only accessible within that region
   (including procedures declared within it).

   This contrasts with {dynamic scope} where the scope depends on
   the nesting of {procedure} and {function} calls at {run time}.

   Statically scoped languages differ as to whether the scope is
   limited to the smallest {block} (including {begin}/end blocks)
   containing the identifier's declaration (e.g. {C}, {Perl}) or
   to whole function and procedure bodies (e.g. {ECMAScript}), or
   some larger unit of code (e.g. ?).  The former is known as
   {static nested scope}.

   (2005-07-28)