statutory
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She eventually received statutory compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board, but learned by letter that her case had been closed without going to court.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Department of Energy formally stipulated that none of the 284 grants terminated in October 2025 were terminated “based on any programmatic, statutory, cost-reduction or performance-based factor.”
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
Germany’s intelligence service lacks the statutory mandate or capacities of the Central Intelligence Agency to carry out covert operations on foreign soil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
But the state instead classified it under a statutory exemption for environmental restoration projects.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 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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