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Definition: Statutory |
StatutoryAdjective1. Relating to or created by statutes; "statutory matters"; "statutory law". 2. Prescribed or authorized by or punishable under a statute; "statutory restrictions"; "a statutory age limit"; "statutory crimes"; "statutory rape". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "statutory" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1776. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| STORM | English | Statutory Training for Offshore Rigs Medics | Medicine |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Legality | Adjective: legal, legitimate; according to law; vested, constitutional, chartered, legalized; lawful; (permitted); statutable, statutory; legislatorial, legislative; regulatory, regulated. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | If necessary, appropriate statutory or other changes to require such labeling should be seriously considered. (references) | |
A variety of other approaches to assisted living, including statutory changes, demonstration projects, and rule amendments, have been tried in other States with varying degrees of success. (references) | ||
Business | In Belgium, no specific statutory legislation exists that regulates franchise agreements. (references) | |
They are also responsible to ensure that statutory requirements and obligations are adequately monitored. (references) | ||
The Act allows the Government departments and statutory boards to accept electronic filing and issue electronic documents. (references) | ||
Children | Malaysia | Thus, Shari'a sometimes punishes the victims of statutory rape. (references) |
Cote d'Ivoire | In 1998 in an effort to combat low enrollment rates for girls, the Government instituted new measures against the statutory rape of students by teachers. (references) | |
Cote d'Ivoire | The penalty for statutory rape or attempted rape of either a girl or a boy aged 15 years or younger is a 1- to 3-year prison sentence and a fine of $140 to $1,400 (100,000 to million CFA francs). (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Poland | Pursuant to the law, statutory provisions are applied retroactively if their terms are beneficial to the accused. (references) |
Hong Kong | Appeals of a denial to demonstrate may be made to a statutory appeals board comprising members from different sectors of society. (references) | |
India | The Press Council of India is a statutory body of journalists, publishers, academics, and politicians, with a chairman appointed by the Government. (references) | |
Economic History | Hong Kong | Most statutory law is made locally. (references) |
Sri Lanka | Sri Lankan commercial law is almost entirely statutory. (references) | |
Colombia | Colombians have 15 days of statutory paid vacation per year. (references) | |
Human Rights | Laos | Their detention without trial, now in its 3rd year, violates the 1-year statutory limit. (references) |
Tanzania | Christians are governed by customary or statutory law in both civil and criminal matters. (references) | |
Panama | Their responsibilities include preventing detentions that exceed the 24-hour statutory limit. (references) | |
Political Economy | JAPAN | The absence of a system of statutory damages is also a problem. (references) |
BANGLADESH | This statutory order is expected to stay in effect during fiscal year 2002. (references) | |
HONG KONG | There is no statutory minimum wage except for foreign domestic workers (US$500 per month). (references) | |
Political Rights | Colombia | In March the Constitutional Court decided that the statutory quota cannot be applied to candidates for local election or public enterprises. (references) |
Trade | Ukraine | The minimum authorized statutory fund is ECU 10 million, a small sum by international standards. (references) |
New Zealand | Adoption of these Standards is generally voluntary, but can be made compulsory through a statutory reference. (references) | |
Travel | Ghana | Employees are also obliged to give their employees time off from work on all Ghanaian statutory holidays. (references) |
Netherlands | The year 2002 dates listed below are the official statutory holidays when most commercial offices and banks are closed. (references) | |
Ireland | The following is a listing of the official statutory public holidays in Ireland when most commercial offices are closed. (references) | |
Women | Cape Verde | For example, some women are pressured to sign judicial agreements detrimental to their statutory inheritance rights. (references) |
Gambia | No statutory discrimination exists in other kinds of employment; however, women generally are employed in endeavors such as food vending or subsistence farming. (references) | |
Mexico | Under certain circumstances limited to the statutory rape of a minor between the ages of 12 and 18, the Criminal Code allows a judge to dismiss charges if the persons involved voluntarily marry. (references) | |
Worker Rights | United Kingdom | The Employment Relations Act affirms the statutory right to strike. (references) |
Malawi | In practice employers frequently violate statutory time restrictions. (references) | |
Hong Kong | If no such order is made, the Tribunal may award statutory entitlements (severance pay, etc.) and compensation. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | Nor is it less so that penal enactments should be provided for cases of corrupt and perfidious intercourse with the enemy, not amounting to treason nor yet embraced by any statutory provisions. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | With bipartisan support from Congress, the bill passed, and I am pleased to say that implementation is running well ahead of the statutory schedule. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Statutory" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Statutory" is used about 3,744 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 3,744 | 2,595 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "statutory": statutory audit ♦ statutory auditor ♦ statutory books ♦ statutory charge ♦ statutory law ♦ statutory limitations ♦ statutory meeting ♦ statutory offence ♦ statutory offense ♦ statutory processes ♦ statutory rape ♦ statutory reserve ♦ statutory reserves ♦ statutory sick pay ♦ statutory surplus ♦ Statutory Training for Offshore Rigs Medics ♦ statutory undertaker. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "statutory": statutory-based. | |
Ending with "statutory": extra-statutory, non-statutory, pre-statutory, quasi-statutory. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "statutory"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i parashikuar me statut, i njohur me ligj. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | معاقب عليه قانونيا, قانوني (fair, jural, jurist, juristic, lawful, legal, legist, legitimate, licit, rightful, valid), تشريعي (legal, legislative), ذو علاقة بالقانون, دستوري (constitutional, organic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | установен със закон, изискван от закона. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 法律 (A-law, law, Laws, legal), 成文 (written). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | statutární, zákonný (legal, legitimate, rightful), vládní (governmental, in power), oficiální (formal, official), úřední (official, on record). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | sygedagpenge (sickness benefit is the generic term which encompasses both SSP benefits and sickness compensation, statutory sick pay, the latter being payable when the illness is the fault of the employer), Statut for Europaraadet med aendringer og tekster af statutmaessig karakter vedtaget i maj og august 1951 (Statute of the Council of Europe incorporating Amendments and Texts of a Statutory Character adopted in May and August 1951), statisk beregning (design calculations, statutory stress analysis, stress calculation for official approval), forlaegning af hovedledninger (diversion of statutory undertakers plant), lovmaessig arvefoelge (intestacy, statutory intestate succession), lovmæssig ferie (legal holiday, statutory holiday), lovbestemt pant (statutory charge), lovbestemt ordning (statutory scheme), loen i henhold til vedtaegten (statutory salary), lovpligtig forsikring (compulsory insurance, obligatory insurance, statutory insurance), korporation (corporate body, corporation, public body, public corporation, public-law body, statutory body, statutory corporation), offentlig forsyning (public utilities, public utility company, statutory undertaker), foreskrevne skilte og oplysninger (statutory plates and inscriptions, statutory plates and markings), Europaeisk konvention om ophaevelse af foraeldelsesfrister for forbrydelser mod menneskeheden og krigsforbrydelser (European Convention on the non-applicability of Statutory Limitation to Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes), den legale formueordning (statutory matrimonial regime), legal arvefoelge (intestacy, statutory intestate succession), anbringelsessted og-maade for foreskrevne skilte og paaskrifter (location of statutory plates and markings and method of attachment), lovpligtigt overskud (statutory surplus), vedtægtsmæssig reserve (reserve prescribed by articles, statutory reserve), offentlig fridag (legal holiday, statutory holiday), offentlig tjenesteydelse (public utilities, public utility company, statutory undertaker), offentlig virksomhed (corporate body, corporation, public body, public corporation, public-law body, regie, statutory body, statutory corporation), offentlige værker (public utilities, public utility company, statutory undertaker), offentligt selskab (public body, public corporation, statutory body, statutory corporation), pligtrevision (statutory audit), revisor (accountant, auditor, certified accountant, Certified Public Accountant, chartered accountant, or Fellow Chartered Accountants, outside accountant, public accountant, qualified accountant, registered accountant, statutory auditor), tvungen forsikringsordning (compulsory insurance, obligatory insurance, statutory insurance), udnaevnelser i henhold til vedtaegten (statutory appointments), lovpligtige regnkabsbøger (statutory books). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | statutaire reserve (reserve prescribed by articles, statutory reserve), salaris volgens rechtspositieregeling (statutory salary), statutaire benoemingen (statutory appointments), Statuut van de Raad van Europa met inbegrip van wijzigingen en bepalingen van statutaire aard zoals aangenomen in mei en augustus 1951 (Statute of the Council of Europe incorporating Amendments and Texts of a Statutory Character adopted in May and August 1951), statutair overschot (statutory surplus), financieel controleur (auditor, statutory auditor), publiekrechtelijke maatregel (statutory measure), plaats en wijze van aanbrenging van de voorgeschreven platen en vermeldingen (location of statutory plates and markings and method of attachment), openbare nutsbedrijf (public utilities, public utility company, statutory undertaker), openbare dienst (public service, public utilities, public utility company, statutory undertaker), legale hinderpaal (statutory bar), intestaat erfopvolging (intestacy, statutory intestate succession), instelling van openbaar nut (public utilities, public utility company, statutory undertaker), gecontroleerde statica (statutory stress analysis, stress calculation for official approval), akte van bekendheid (affidavit, identify certificate(USA), statutory declaration), financiële commissaris (auditor, statutory auditor), Europese Overeenkomst betreffende de niet-toepasselijkheid van wettelijke verjaring van misdaden tegen de mensheid en oorlogsmisdaden (European Convention on the non-applicability of Statutory Limitation to Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes), Europese conventie over de niet-verjaring van oorlogsmisdaden en misdrijven tegen de menselijkheid (European Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitation to Crimes Against Humanity and War crimes), erfopvolging zonder testament (intestacy, statutory intestate succession), erfopvolging bij versterf (intestacy, statutory intestate succession), controleur (checker, controller), Cassatieregeling (statutory provision extending the Supreme Court's competence as court of cassation), geschreven recht (statute law, statutory law), verplichte verzekering (compulsory insurance, obligatory insurance, obligatory subscription, statutory insurance), wettelijke feestdag (legal holiday, statutory holiday), wettelijke erfopvolging (intestacy, statutory intestate succession), wettelijk voorgeschreven controle (statutory audit), wettelijk vastgestelde vakantieduur (legal holiday, statutory holiday), wettelijk kader (statutory basis), wettelijk huwelijksgoederenstatuut (statutory matrimonial regime), voorgeschreven platen en vermeldingen (statutory plates and inscriptions, statutory plates and markings), reglementaire boeken (statutory books), verval van de aanleg in beroep (no action having been taken within the statutory time, time limitation for lodging an appeal), wettelijke zekerheid waarop bepaalde schuldeisers een beroep doen (statutory secured claim asserted by certain creditors), verlegging van leidingen van openbare nutsbedrijven (diversion of statutory undertakers plant), verjaring (birthday), uitkering ingevolge de Ziektewet (sickness benefit is the generic term which encompasses both SSP benefits and sickness compensation, statutory sick pay, the latter being payable when the illness is the fault of the employer), uit de voorschriften voortvloeiend onderzoek (statutory review), wettelijke regeling (legislation, statutory scheme), ziekengeld (sickness benefit is the generic term which encompasses both SSP benefits and sickness compensation, statutory sick pay, the latter being payable when the illness is the fault of the employer), wettelijke terugkeer (statutory reversion(of gifts)), wettelijke hypotheek ten behoeve van de gehuwde vrouw (statutory charge in favour of the married woman), voorgeschreven platen en gegevens (statutory plates and inscriptions, statutory plates and markings). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مقرر (Regular, Standard), قانونی (Canonical, Juridical, Lawful, Legal, Legitimate, Standard, Valid), طبق قانون موضوعه , طبق قانون . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sääntömääräinen, lakisääteinen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | statutaire. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | statutarisch, satzungsmäßig, gesetzlich (by law, lawful, lawfully, legal, legally, legitimate, legitimately, licit, statutorily). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | νομοθετημένοσ, θεσπισμένοσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מו'"ר בחוק, משפטי (forensic, judicial, juridical, lawful, legal), מעו'ן בחוק. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | törvényen alapuló, törvényszerű (legal, necessary), törvényes (juridical, lawful, legal, legitimate, licit, rightful, to take legal measures). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | statutario, prescritto dalla legge. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 検非違使 (statutory office in the Heian and Kamakura periods), 成文法 (written or statutory law), 成文律 (written or statutory law). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | せいぶ"ほう (written or statutory law), せいぶ"りつ (written or statutory law), けびいし (statutory office in the Heian and Kamakura periods). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 법 (forensic, Forensical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | slattyssagh (decretory, law-giver, legislative), leighdaragh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | atutorystay regulamentar (control, regular, regulate, rein in), previsto pela lei (provided by the law), legal (bang-up, cool, enacting, juridical, juristic, juristical, lawful, legal, legitimate, licit, nice, rightful), estatutário, conforme os estatutos. (various references) statutar (statutable, statutably), reglementar (normal, regular, regulation). (various references) установленный (established, fixed, given, imperial, institutional), узаконенный (institutionalized). (various references) statutni, propisan zakonom. (various references) foral, estatutario. (various references) lagstadgad (vested). (various references) yasal (clean, competent, de jure, juridical, juristic, juristical, lawful, legal, legit, legitimate, licit, right, rightful, solemn, sound, technical, valid), resmi (authorized, ceremonial, ceremonious, certificated, civil, formal, legal, official, regulation, solemn, starchy, state), meşru (lawful, legit, legitimate, licit), kanuni (lawful, lawgiver, lawmaker, legal). (various references) установлений законом, що відповіда" законові. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Statutory" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: statatory, statitory, statuatory, statutary. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Expression | Similar | Related | Narrower | Broader |
| Rape | Statutory rape | |||
Source: the U.S. Library of Congress and various crossword puzzle references. | ||||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "statutory" (pronounced sta"khutô'rē) |
| 5 | -u t ô' r ē | accusatory, aleatory, ambulatory, anticipatory, articulatory, auditory, celebratory, circulatory, compensatory, conciliatory, confirmatory, confiscatory, congratulatory, contributory, declaratory, defamatory, depilatory, depository, derogatory, dilatory, discriminatory, dormitory, excretory, exculpatory, expiratory, explanatory, exploratory, hallucinatory, incantatory, inflammatory, inhibitory, interrogatory, investigatory, laboratory, laudatory, lavatory, mandatory, migratory, nondiscriminatory, obligatory, observatory, oratory, oscillatory, participatory, predatory, preparatory, prohibitory, purgatory, reformatory, regulatory, repository, respiratory, retaliatory, revelatory, signatory, territory, transitory. |
| 4 | -t ô' r ē | desultory, multistory, repertory, understory. |
| 3 | -ô' r ē | allegory, category, outlawry, promissory. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-o-r-s-t-t-t-u-y" | |
-1 letter: outstart. | |
-2 letters: outstay, tryouts. | |
-3 letters: ottars, outsat, stator, stoury, tarots, toasty, trouts, trouty, trusty, tryout, tutors. | |
-4 letters: artsy, autos, ottar, ratos, ratty, roast, rotas, roust, routs, rusty, rutty, ryots, satyr, saury, start, stoat, story, stour, stout, stray, stroy, strut, sturt, sutra, sutta, taros, tarot, tarts, tarty, tasty, tatty, tauts, toast, toras, torts, torus, tours. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-o-r-s-t-t-t-u-y" | |
+2 letters: statutorily. | |
+5 letters: stoutheartedly. | |
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