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Participants at a National Academy of Sciences workshop observed that recognizing that all those factors are essential to sound policy and encouraging agencies to be transparent about how each inform their decisions would contribute greatly to statutory clarity.
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Susan E. Dudley, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Mark Lorenzo Villanueva, 28, is charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, a felony offense that carries a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years behind bars.
—Landon Mion , Matt Finn, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2025
The Arizona Democratic Party held its statutory meeting on Jan. 18, ousting their former leader, Yolanda Bejarano, and installing businessman Robert Branscomb as the new chair on the heels of the party's defeat in state elections.
—Ray Stern, AZCentral.com, 30 July 2025
The Justice Department has maneuvered in recent days to keep two pro-Trump loyalists in acting leadership positions at the U.S. attorneys' offices in Los Angeles and Nevada, in an effort to extend their tenures beyond a statutory 120-day limit.
—Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 30 July 2025
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Susan E. Dudley, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Mark Lorenzo Villanueva, 28, is charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, a felony offense that carries a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years behind bars.
—Landon Mion , Matt Finn, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2025
The Arizona Democratic Party held its statutory meeting on Jan. 18, ousting their former leader, Yolanda Bejarano, and installing businessman Robert Branscomb as the new chair on the heels of the party's defeat in state elections.
—Ray Stern, AZCentral.com, 30 July 2025
The Justice Department has maneuvered in recent days to keep two pro-Trump loyalists in acting leadership positions at the U.S. attorneys' offices in Los Angeles and Nevada, in an effort to extend their tenures beyond a statutory 120-day limit.
—Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 30 July 2025
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“Statutory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/statutory. Accessed 15 Aug. 2025.
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statutory
adjective
stat·u·to·ry
ˈstach-ə-ˌtōr-ē 
-ˌtȯr-
1
: of or relating to statutes
2
: regulated by statute
3
: punishable by statute
Legal Definition
statutory
adjective
stat·u·to·ry
ˈsta-chə-ˌtōr-ē
1
: of or relating to a statute or statutes
a statutory provision
2
: enacted, created, regulated, or defined by statute
a statutory presumption
a statutory insider
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