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These newer ones are more narrowly tailored to state-specific constitutional and statutory provisions that protect environmental and public trust resources.
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Alexandra Klass, The Conversation, 2 May 2025
Both parties also proposed an extra $26 million in funding over the next two years combined to ensure that about 80 communities would not face a reduction in Education Cost Sharing grants as called for under the state’s statutory formula.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 1 May 2025
The fate of the statutory tenure protections in question likely rests on how the justices treat Humphrey's Executor and related rulings.
—John Kruzel, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
The negatives are the calendar, with the April 1 statutory date deadline being blown by a full month, and the inexorable growth in spending.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2025
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Alexandra Klass, The Conversation, 2 May 2025
Both parties also proposed an extra $26 million in funding over the next two years combined to ensure that about 80 communities would not face a reduction in Education Cost Sharing grants as called for under the state’s statutory formula.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 1 May 2025
The fate of the statutory tenure protections in question likely rests on how the justices treat Humphrey's Executor and related rulings.
—John Kruzel, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
The negatives are the calendar, with the April 1 statutory date deadline being blown by a full month, and the inexorable growth in spending.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2025
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“Statutory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/statutory. Accessed 11 May. 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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