statutory

Example Sentences

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“The Department remains committed to press access at the Pentagon while fulfilling its statutory obligation to ensure the safe and secure operation,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

“Underlying all of this is the fact that U.S. sanctions, both from an executive-order perspective and also from a statutory perspective, would seemingly prohibit this type of arrangement.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

The two weeks of leave for a woman and her partner is paid at the statutory level of just more than £194 per week, or 90% of weekly pay if that's lower.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

The Oregon law provides that a plaintiff “shall receive statutory damages in an amount of $6,250 per incident,” which could be each individual postcard sent to a union member.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 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