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Statutory   /stˈætʃətˌɔri/   Listen
Statutory

adjective
1.
Relating to or created by statutes.  "Statutory law"
2.
Prescribed or authorized by or punishable under a statute.  "A statutory age limit" , "Statutory crimes" , "Statutory rape"



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"Statutory" Quotes from Famous Books



... trade[1297], that he, who buys the copyright of a book from the authour, obtains a perpetual property; and upon that belief, numberless bargains are made to transfer that property after the expiration of the statutory term. Now Donaldson, I say, takes advantage here, of people who have really an equitable title from usage; and if we consider how few of the books, of which they buy the property, succeed so well as to bring profit, we should be of opinion that the term of ...
— Life Of Johnson, Vol. 1 • Boswell


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