STATUTORY

statutory

(adjective) prescribed or authorized by or punishable under a statute; “statutory restrictions”; “a statutory age limit”; “statutory crimes”; “statutory rape”

statutory

(adjective) relating to or created by statutes; “statutory matters”; “statutory law”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

statutory (not comparable)

Of, relating to, enacted or regulated by a statute.

Source: Wiktionary


Stat"u*to*ry, a.

Definition: Enacted by statute; depending on statute for its authority; as, a statutory provision.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

21 January 2025

TRACE

(verb) follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; “We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba”; “trace the student’s progress”; “trace one’s ancestry”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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