statutory

English

WOTD – 25 January 2009

Etymology

Etymology tree

Middle English statut

English statute

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -tōriusder.

Middle English -orie

English -ory

English statutory

From statute + -ory.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈstætjʊt(ə)ɹɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈstæt͡ʃəˌtɔɹi/

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Adjective

statutory (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, enacted or regulated by a statute.
   • 1951 May, R. K. Kirkland, “The Cavan & Leitrim Railway”, in Railway Magazine, pages 343-344:

     Speed limits apply at many points on the line, in addition to the general 25 m.p.h. limit over the whole Dromod-Belturbet section, but it is an open secret that speeds often rise above the statutory limit.

   • 1989 August 19, Jim Fauntleroy, “Unmarried Couples Get Bereavement Leave”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 6, page 2:

     The order is just one of several recent actions which have given statutory legitimacy to gay and lesbian couples. New York's highest court recently ruled that unmarried partners have the same rights as married ones under New York City rent control laws.

Derived terms

• Delaware statutory trust
• extra-statutory
• nonstatutory
• statutorily
• statutoriness
• statutorize
• statutory authority
• statutory board
• statutory body
• statutory corporation
• statutory declaration
• statutory deposit
• statutory exclusion
• statutory heir
• statutory holiday
• statutory instrument
• statutory law
• statutory rape

Translations

relating to a statute

• Arabic: نِظَامِيّ (niẓāmiyy), قَانُونِيّ (ar) (qānūniyy), مُطَابِقْ لِلْقَوَانِينْ (muṭābiq lilqawānīn)
• Bulgarian: законен (bg) (zakonen)
• Catalan: estatutari
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 法定 (faat³ ding⁶)

  Mandarin: 法定 (zh) (fǎdìng)

• Czech: zákonný (cs)
• Dutch: statutair (nl)
• Esperanto: statuta
• Finnish: lakisääteinen (fi), lakiperusteinen, lakimääräinen, sääntömääräinen
• French: statutaire (fr)
• German: satzungsmäßig; satzungsgemäß; statutarisch (de); statutar (e.g. Statutarstadt), gesetzlich (de)
• Greek: καταστατικός (el) m (katastatikós), νομικός (el) m (nomikós)
• Hungarian: törvényes (hu), törvényi (hu), törvényen alapuló, törvényesen bejegyzett
• Irish: reachtúil
• Māori: ā-ture
• Persian: مقرر (fa) (moqarrar), قانونی (fa) (qânuni)
• Polish: ustawowy (pl)
• Portuguese: estatutário
• Russian: зако́нный (ru) (zakónnyj), устано́вленный (ru) (ustanóvlennyj) (зако́ном)
• Scottish Gaelic: reachdail
• Spanish: reglamentario (es)
• Swedish: stadgeenlig
• Tagalog: takda ng batas
• Zhuang: fapdingh