"statutory" meaning in English

See statutory in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈstætjʊt(ə)ɹɪ/ [UK], /ˈstæt͡ʃəˌtɔɹi/ [US] Audio: en-us-statutory.ogg , en-au-statutory.ogg
Etymology: From statute + -ory. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|statute|ory}} statute + -ory Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} statutory (not comparable)
  1. Of, relating to, enacted or regulated by a statute. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Law Translations (relating to a statute): نِظَامِيّ (niẓāmiyy) (Arabic), قَانُونِيّ (qānūniyy) (Arabic), مُطَابِقْ لِلْقَوَانِينْ (muṭābiq lilqawānīn) (Arabic), законен (zakonen) (Bulgarian), 法定 (fǎdìng) (Chinese Mandarin), zákonný (Czech), statutair (Dutch), statuta (Esperanto), lakisääteinen (Finnish), lakiperusteinen (Finnish), lakimääräinen (Finnish), sääntömääräinen (Finnish), statutaire (French), satzungsmäßig (German), satzungsgemäß (German), statutarisch (German), statutar (e.g. Statutarstadt) (German), καταστατικός (katastatikós) [masculine] (Greek), νομικός (nomikós) [masculine] (Greek), törvényes (Hungarian), törvényi (Hungarian), törvényen alapuló (Hungarian), törvényesen bejegyzett (Hungarian), reachtúil (Irish), ā-ture (Maori), مقرر (moqarrar) (Persian), قانونی (qânuni) (Persian), ustawowy (Polish), estatutário (Portuguese), зако́нный (zakónnyj) (Russian), устано́вленный (ustanóvlennyj) (alt: зако́ном) (Russian), reachdail (Scottish Gaelic), reglamentario (Spanish), stadgeenlig (Swedish), takda ng batas (Tagalog)
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      "word": "törvényes"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "relating to a statute",
      "word": "törvényi"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "relating to a statute",
      "word": "törvényen alapuló"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "relating to a statute",
      "word": "törvényesen bejegyzett"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "relating to a statute",
      "word": "reachtúil"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "relating to a statute",
      "word": "ā-ture"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "moqarrar",
      "sense": "relating to a statute",
      "word": "مقرر"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "qânuni",
      "sense": "relating to a statute",
      "word": "قانونی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "relating to a statute",
      "word": "ustawowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "relating to a statute",
      "word": "estatutário"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zakónnyj",
      "sense": "relating to a statute",
      "word": "зако́нный"
    },
    {
      "alt": "зако́ном",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ustanóvlennyj",
      "sense": "relating to a statute",
      "word": "устано́вленный"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "relating to a statute",
      "word": "reachdail"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "relating to a statute",
      "word": "reglamentario"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "relating to a statute",
      "word": "stadgeenlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "relating to a statute",
      "word": "takda ng batas"
    }
  ],
  "word": "statutory"
}

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  "subsection": "adjective",
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