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statutory
CIDE DICTIONARY
statutory, a.
Enacted by statute; depending on statute for its authority; as, a statutory provision. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
statutory, adj. required, permitted, or enacted by statute (statutory minimum; statutory provisions).
Idiom
statutory rape US the act of sexual intercourse with a minor.
Derivative
statutorily adv.
THESAURUS
statutory
actionable, applicable, authoritative, authorized, binding, canonical, competent, constitutional, dictated, didactic, formulary, hard and fast, instructive, judicial, juridical, just, justiciable, kosher, lawful, lawmaking, legal, legislative, legit, legitimate, licit, mandatory, official, preceptive, prescribed, prescript, prescriptive, regulation, rightful, rubric, sanctioned, standard, valid, within the lawROGET THESAURUS
statutory
Legality
N legality, legitimacy, legitimateness, legislature, law, code, corpus juris, constitution, pandect, charter, enactment, statute, rule, canon, ordinance, institution, regulation, bylaw, byelaw, decree, ordonnance, standing order, plebiscite, legal process, form, formula, formality, rite, arm of the law, habeas corpus, fieri facias, jurisprudence, nomology, legislation, codification, equity, common law, lex, lex nonscripta, law of nations, droit des gens, international law, jus gentium, jus civile, civil law, canon law, crown law, criminal law, statute law, ecclesiastical law, administrative law, lex mercatoria, constitutionalism, constitutionality, justice, court, tribunal, judge, lawyer, attorney, legal counsel, legal, legitimate, according to law, vested, constitutional, chartered, legalized, lawful, statutable, statutory, legislatorial, legislative, regulatory, regulated, legally, in the eye of the law, de jure, ignorantia legis neminem excusat, ignorance of the law is no excuse, where law ends tyranny begins.For further exploring for "statutory" in Webster Dictionary Online