Statutory Definition

stăchə-tôrē
adjective
Of, or having the nature of, a statute or statutes.
Webster's New World
Fixed, authorized, or established by statute.
Webster's New World
Declared by statute to be such, and hence legally punishable.
Webster's New World

Origin of Statutory

Statutory Sentence Examples

  • The council sits for a statutory period of three years.

  • In case the crop failed the Code fixed a statutory return.

  • Some of his statutory lectures are published in his Lectures on Mediaeval and Modern History.

  • Some of them have a statutory basis, others are purely contractual.

  • In Scotland, by the Presumption of Life (Scotland) Act 1891, the presumption is statutory.

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