Definitions

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  • adverb In a statutory manner; according to statute; lawfully.

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  • adverb according to statute

Etymologies

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statutory +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • In Connecticut, a permit to carry a firearm may only be revoked by the Commissioner of DPS “for cause,” or under certain statutorily enumerated circumstances requiring revocation.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Second Circuit Due Process Victory for Connecticut Carry Permit Holders 2010

  • ANSWER: What the bill does is to lock in -- statutorily -- hugenumbers of additional law-abiding Americans who will now be deniedthe right to own a firearm.

    The Great Barrel Break-In Fad 2007

  • After all, if you force a local agency’s hand and push them to consider an application within statutorily prescribed time limits, the agency is more likely to deny the application.

    Matthew Yglesias » Deregulation I Can Believe In 2009

  • This commission could be created statutorily, which is the case in the recent legislation introduced by Senator Voinovich and Congressman Wolf.

    Election 2006 Continued Wrap up �� The Coming Economic Swoon and Did Republicans Throw the Election? 2006

  • In the circumstance where a president overstayed his statutorily appointed term, again I think a court probably could order his ouster from office by officers of the court.

    A Constitutional Coup? 2009

  • While the three agencies designated SPOT as their system for tracking statutorily required information in July 2008, SPOT still cannot reliably track information on contracts, assistance instruments, and associated personnel in Iraq or Afghanistan.

    David Isenberg: The Uncounted Contractors David Isenberg 2010

  • I was legally an adult now, eighteen and able to smoke and go to war and no longer able to be statutorily raped by men who were nineteen.

    The Adults Alison Espach 2011

  • While the three agencies designated SPOT as their system for tracking statutorily required information in July 2008, SPOT still cannot reliably track information on contracts, assistance instruments, and associated personnel in Iraq or Afghanistan.

    David Isenberg: The Uncounted Contractors David Isenberg 2010

  • "Only 5% of the total budgets are flexible – things like library services, cultural activities, youth services are not statutorily required."

    Young people bear brunt as councils reveal cuts to services 2011

  • So after the predictable complaints from the home secretary, Theresa May, about "a mindless minority of thugs and hooligans" – this is the only statutorily acceptable formula for describing the rioters – we got on to the real business of attacking Boris.

    The house cracks down on Boris Johnson 2011

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