statutory
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Efforts to narrow that definition, the court found, run up against those statutory protections.
From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026
In fact, there isn’t even a statutory provision that could plausibly get to that result.
From Slate • Apr. 22, 2026
The government also committed earlier this week to a statutory ban for phones in schools.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
To win a penalty—especially one calculated on “pecuniary gain”—the SEC has to meet higher procedural standards, including the right to a jury trial and strict statutory caps.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
At thirty-five he had just been unwillingly evicted from the Youth League, and before graduating into the Youth League he had managed to stay on in the Spies for a year beyond the statutory age.
From "1984" by George Orwell
Vocabulary lists containing statutory
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
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