Statutory means required or fixed by law. Statutory rights, statutory sick pay, a statutory duty.
It marks the difference between what a law demands and what a contract offers, and statutory rights cannot be signed away by agreement. Statutory instruments are the detailed rules ministers make under a power an act has granted.
1adjectivestatutoryRequired or fixed by law.
“All employees are entitled to a statutory minimum of paid holiday each year.”
statutory is a quality.
Middle English
statut
English
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English, today
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From statute + -ory. statute comes from Middle English statut. From Middle English statut, from Old French statut, from Latin statutum (“a statute”), neuter singular of Latin statutus, past participle of statuō (“to set up, establish”).
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