statutory

stat·u·to·ry

adj \ˈsta-chə-ˌtȯr-ē\

Definition of STATUTORY

1

: of or relating to statutes

2

: enacted, created, or regulated by statute <a statutory age limit>

— stat·u·to·ri·ly \ˌsta-chə-ˈtȯr-ə-lē\ adverb

First Known Use of STATUTORY

1766

Other Legal Terms

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Rhymes with STATUTORY

a priori, allegory, amatory, auditory, bedtime story, cacciatore, castratory, category, con amore, cover story, crematory, damnatory, decretory, dilatory, dormitory, excretory, expletory, feudatory, fumitory, Göteborg, gustatory, gyratory, horror story, hortatory, hunky-dory, inventory, laudatory, lavatory, mandatory, migratory, minatory, monitory, Montessori, morning glory, nugatory, offertory, oratory, overstory, piscatory, precatory, predatory, prefatory, probatory, promissory, promontory, purgatory, repertory, Ruwenzori, signatory, sudatory, territory, transitory, understory, vibratory, vomitory, yakitori