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Statutory

Meaning in law, with examples

/ˈstætʃətri/adjectiveCommon term

In law, statutory means: Created, required or controlled by a statute rather than by a contract or by judges' decisions.

In Turkish: kanuni, yasal, kanundan doğan

How it is used

A very frequent adjective: 'statutory rights', 'statutory duty', 'statutory interpretation', 'statutory minimum wage', 'statutory body'. 'Your statutory rights are not affected' is a standard line in UK consumer terms. Compare 'contractual', which describes obligations created by agreement.

Example sentences

  1. Employees have a statutory right to paid annual leave.

  2. This is a question of statutory interpretation: what did Parliament mean by 'premises'?

Common collocations

  • statutory right
  • statutory duty
  • statutory interpretation
  • statutory body
  • statutory deadline
  • statuteA written law passed by a parliament or another law-making body, as opposed to rules that come from court decisions.
  • actA law passed by a parliament or other legislature, often named with a title and year such as the Companies Act 2006; also called an Act of Parliament.
  • legislationLaws as a group, especially those made by a parliament; also the process of making these laws.
  • secondary legislationRules made by a minister, government department or other body under powers given to it by an Act, rather than passed directly by parliament.
  • rightSomething the law allows you to have or do, or allows you to demand from others, such as the right to a fair trial or the right to be paid.

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