American English pronunciation
How to pronounce statutory
IPA transcription: [s'tætʃə,tɔɹi]
Pronunciation variants: [s'tætʃə,tɔɹi][s'tætʃə,tɚi]
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Adjective
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relating to or created by statutes
“statutory matters”
“statutory law”
Adjective
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prescribed or authorized by or punishable under a statute
“statutory restrictions”
“a statutory age limit”
“statutory crimes”
“statutory rape”
Usage examples
- It is a statutory authority which regulates aviation in the country.
- The General Assembly may confer upon the Court of Chancery additional statutory jurisdiction.
- A statutory body - the Bush Fire Co-ordinating Committee - also was established.
- He served the diocese as chairman of the statutory Board of Education.
- In India, protection against "autrefois acquit" is a statutory right, not a fundamental one.
- As such, these rights were rewritten with greater emphasis in our federal statutory system.
- Its statutory body is a three-member Board of directors.
- First, he creates three sub-types of official functions: statutory, working, and symbolic.
- All branches are closed most statutory holidays.
- The statutory pardon is preferred in most cases.