statutory

Definition of statutorynext

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Recent Examples of statutory The statutory cure period controls; an informal deadline in your demand letter doesn’t. — Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026 He is also accused of exceeding his authority under Ohio law by failing to identify any statutory or constitutional source of legal authority for his order. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2026 California’s textile recovery law is moving from statutory deadlines to implementation details—and American Circular Textiles, or AMCIRC, is keeping tabs. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026 That decision, upheld on appeal, put the onus on the Continuum of Care, an amorphous entity with a board and open membership that had long functioned as an appendage of LAHSA but actually had the statutory power to hire or fire the agency. — Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for statutory
Recent Examples of Synonyms for statutory
Adjective
  • That's done through an amparo, an appeal that challenges her fundamental constitutional rights.
    — Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The judges pressed federal lawyers on whether the request violates states’ constitutional authority over elections and whether the appeals court can intervene before a lower-court ruling.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Any function whose work can be pointed at a proper model of its underlying business, instead of at a general-purpose language model, is starting to compound the same way Anthropic’s engineering did a year ago.
    — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Pentecostal parents Ruth and Marius were accused of domestic violence, with worldwide protests criticizing what dissenters called harsh and hasty steps taken by Norwegian social workers without proper evidence.
    — Tomris Laffly, Time, 23 Oct. 2026

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“Statutory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/statutory. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

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