statutory en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree Middle English statut English statute Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -tōriusder. Middle English -orie English -ory English statutory From statute + -ory.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of, relating to, enacted or regulated by a statute.
The order is just one of several recent actions which have given statutory legitimacy to gay and lesbian couples. New York's highest court recently ruled that unmarried partners have the same rights as married ones under New York City rent control laws.
1989 August 19, Jim Fauntleroy, “Unmarried Couples Get Bereavement Leave”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 6, page 2:Speed limits apply at many points on the line, in addition to the general 25 m.p.h. limit over the whole Dromod-Belturbet section, but it is an open secret that speeds often rise above the statutory limit.
1951 May, R. K. Kirkland, “The Cavan & Leitrim Railway”, in Railway Magazine, pages 343-344:
Deriveds
statutory instrument · statutory body · statutory corporation · statutory board · statutory rape · statutory law · extra-statutory · statutory holiday · nonstatutory · statutorize · statutory authority · statutory declaration · statutory heir · Delaware statutory trust · statutory exclusion · statutorily · statutoriness · statutory deposit
Translations (37)
de satzungsmäßig (relating to a statute) · eo statuta (relating to a statute) · pt estatutário (relating to a statute) · fa قانونی (relating to a statute) · fi lakiperusteinen (relating to a statute) · ar مُطَابِقْ لِلْقَوَانِينْ (relating to a statute) · bg законен (relating to a statute) · nl statutair (relating to a statute) · ru устано́вленный (relating to a statute) · fi lakisääteinen (relating to a statute) · hu törvényesen bejegyzett (relating to a statute) · cmn 法定 (relating to a statute) · ru зако́нный (relating to a statute) · de satzungsgemäß (relating to a statute) · hu törvényes (relating to a statute) · pl ustawowy (relating to a statute) · gd reachdail (relating to a statute) · fi sääntömääräinen (relating to a statute) · de gesetzlich (relating to a statute) · fi lakimääräinen (relating to a statute) · hu törvényen alapuló (relating to a statute) · ca estatutari (relating to a statute) · ar نِظَامِيّ (relating to a statute) · fa مقرر (relating to a statute) · es reglamentario (relating to a statute) · de statutar (e.g. Statutarstadt) (relating to a statute) · hu törvényi (relating to a statute) · cs zákonný (relating to a statute) · el νομικός (relating to a statute) · ar قَانُونِيّ (relating to a statute) · fr statutaire (relating to a statute) · ga reachtúil (relating to a statute) · mi ā-ture (relating to a statute) · de statutarisch (relating to a statute) · sv stadgeenlig (relating to a statute) · el καταστατικός (relating to a statute) · tl takda ng batas (relating to a statute)