statutoryadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈstatʃᵿt(ə)ri/,

/ˈstatjᵿt(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˈstætʃəˌtɔri/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin statutorius.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin statutorius (1552 or earlier) < classical Latin statūt- , past participial stem of statuere to decree, enact (see statute v.) + -ōrius -ory suffix². Compare earlier statutary adj., and compare also statutable adj.

A. adj.

†1. Scottish. Of a clause or phrase: that legally enacts a statute. Obsolete.

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society > law > written law > [adjective] > type of clause

statutory1675

1675 G. Mackenzie Observ. upon 28. Act, 23. Parl. James VI 8 I understand not Craig. who Diag. 8. affirms Statutes to be constitutiones trium Regni ordinum, cum consensu Principis: for that is just to invert the statutory words of this, and many other Acts.

1717 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 331 The statutory part of that act.

1766 Ld. Kames Remarkable Decisions Court of Session 1730–52 56 The statutory clause is in the following words: ‘Statutes and ordains, That [etc.]’.

a. Of, relating to, or contained in a statute; enacted, prescribed, or appointed by statute; that conforms to requirements prescribed by statute.

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society > law > [adjective] > relating to or consisting of statutes

statutary1594

statutory1678

society > law > rule of law > [adjective] > in accordance with the law > in conformity with statutes

statutary1594

statutable1665

statutory1678

1678 J. Brown Hist. Indulgence 28 One formal and expressive Statutory Act.

1750 tr. C.-L. de S. de Montesquieu Two Chapters L'Esprit des Loix 10 I call a statutory power, the right of ordaining by one's proper authority, or of amending what hath been ordained by another.

1768 In Complaint for Penalties: Memorial for Sir John Gordon of Invergordon 3 Notwithstanding the satisfactory Reasons which occurred for so doing, and the statutory Authority under which it was done.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1766 I. 277 Johnson: In the formulary and statutory part of law, a plodding block-head can never excel.

1808 S. Toller Treat. Law Tithes ix. 236 A defendant in such case may set up a customary payment to protect himself against the claim of the statutory tithe.

1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation iii. ii. 427 The statutory rate of interest..was six per cent.

1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. vi. 33 The prerogative of the Crown..is now subject to statutory and constitutional limitations.

1888 Corr. Rep. Indian Public Service Comm. (1890) 5 in Parl. Papers (C. 5926) LIV. 321 The alleged feeling of dissatisfaction on the part of the Natives of India with the existing Statutory Service.

1911 Act 1 & 2 George V c. 16 §3 (2) It shall be a statutory condition for the receipt of an old age pension by any person, that [etc.].

1931 Harvard Law Rev. 44 655 The award to the patentee was violative of the statutory requirement of competitive bidding for public contracts.

1989 C. Thubron Falling xix. 141 Prisoners are already complaining that their visits have been cut below the statutory minimum.

2008 S. Moore & G. Luton in B. Gazier & F. Bruggeman Restructuring Work & Employm. in Europe viii. 173 Employers are subject to statutory regulations in the selection of workers for redundancy.

b. Originally Scottish. Of a crime: established or regulated by statute, as opposed to common law or natural law. Cf. common law n. 1a.See also statutory rape n. at Compounds.

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society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [adjective] > types of crime generally

statutory1678

aggravated1726

incestuous1744

first degree1851

thrill hold-up1928

white-collar crime1964

arrestable1965

victimless1965

1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. 13 In Crymes against the Law of Nature, such as Murder, A minor, is lyable.., but in meerly statutory Crymes, such as usury,..He is not at all to be punished.

1797 Answers for James Clerk to Petition Henry Band 17 Jan. 26 The respondents interfered not to punish, but to prevent the commission of the statutory crime.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 32 The quality of concealment is essential to this statutory offence.

1890 Cases Courts of Appeals Missouri 37 482 Overdriving, alone, is not a statutory crime, it must be wilful as distinguished from accidental.

1925 T. Dreiser Amer. Trag. ii. xxiii. 262 Yet [there was] no statutory crime of any kind there. You could not possibly try a man for that, whatever privately you might think.

2008 C. Smith Poisoned Love x. 106 Had Kathy been charged with statutory crimes like theft or bribery, she would have been entitled to many rights.

3. In extended use (chiefly British).

a. So strongly established by custom as to appear obligatory; habitual, customary; usual.rare before mid 20th cent.

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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [adjective] > viewed as authoritative

prescriptionary1727

prescriptive1765

statutory1822

sanctified1888

1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel I. vi. 162 The board displayed beef and pudding, the statutory dainties of old England.

1972 Film No. 66. 30/1 This enabled Hitchcock to make his brief and by now statutory appearance early in the film.

1991 D. Lodge Paradise News i. v. 108 Each morning they put on their swimming-costumes and went down to the beach or the pool to acquire the statutory tan.

2008 G. Porter Little Bites of Austral. ii. 19 Turning on the mains resulted in the now statutory panicked dash.

2011 Observer (Nexis) 27 Feb. 37 Teenage novels, with their now statutory themes of exclusion, criminality, underage sex..and the moral consequences of living in a cruel and Godless universe.

b. Of a person: chosen or included for the sake of appearances, so as to represent an otherwise unrepresented group; spec. designating a woman considered to have been included for this purpose on an official committee or similar body.

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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > of token importance

statutory1937

token1937

tokenist1975

tokenistic1976

1937 Times 3 Dec. 8/5 Mr. A. P. Herbert..moved an amendment to delete the provision that at least one independent member of the Advisory [Films] Council should be a woman. He said that he hoped they would abolish from the clause and the Bill..what was called the ‘statutory woman’.

1945 Economist 15 Sept. 362/2 The ideal will be..to appoint Four Just Men and a statutory woman.

1982 Observer 31 Jan. 8 I don't think the British public would accept, and neither would I, the concept of the statutory black man.

1987 Guardian 11 Nov. 13/1 Anita is the statutory ethnic minority representative [in a radio series].

2003 P. D. James in Times (Nexis) 5 July (Mag. section) 17 I..do feel that if you're asked to do something as a woman, even if you're going to be more or less the statutory woman, and you're sure that you can do it, then I think there is an obligation to do so.

B. n.

Usually with capital initial. A member of the statutory branch of the Indian Civil Service. Now historical and rare.With reference to the statute 33 Vict. c. 3 §6 (1870), under which such civil servants (usually people of Indian rather than British origin) were appointed; cf. quot. 1888 at sense A. 2a. Cf. covenanted adj. 4.

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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > civil service > [noun] > civil servant > types of in India

factor1600

koi-hai1816

statutory1888

political1898

1888 Corr. Rep. Indian Public Service Comm. (1890) 27 in Parl. Papers (C. 5926) LIV. 321 We have ten Statutories already holding excluded appointments.

1899 Lady B. Balfour Hist. Ld. Lytton's Indian Admin. xii. 534 The favoured position of ‘Statutories’ gave rise also to some grumbling in the subordinate native services.

1980 E. Hirschmann White Mutiny ii. 38 The ‘statutories’..were quasi-members of the Covenanted Civil Service.

Compounds

statutory company n. a company which provides a public service and has been incorporated by special statute, as distinguished from a chartered company or a joint-stock company.

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society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > other types of company

incorporation1530

acquisitor1668

private company?1711

private practice1724

public company1730

trading house1760

acquiror1789

in-company1791

public corporation1796

company1800

subsidiary company1823

proprietary company1824

stock-company1827

trust company1827

subsidiary1828

concessionaire1839

commandite1844

statutory company1847

parent company1854

mastership1868

state enterprise1886

Pty.1904

asset class1931

acquirer1950

parent1953

growth company1959

spin-off1959

non-profit1961

shell1964

not-for-profit1969

vehicle1971

spin-out1972

startup1975

greenfield1982

large-cap1982

monoline1984

small cap1984

mid-cap1988

multidomestic1989

dotcom1996

1847 Rep. Supreme Courts Scotl. 19 647/1 If such be the law where the statutory company has to deal with a sole proprietor, the principle must equally apply as to each of various co-proprietors.

1885 Railway Times 25 Apr. 520/2 The concern..had acquired the standing of a statutory company, with its own special Parliamentary powers.

1915 Act 5 & 6 Geo. V c. 44 §2 The expression ‘statutory company’ means any railway company, canal company, dock company, water company, or other company incorporated by special Act, who are for the time being authorised under such an Act to construct, work, own, or carry on any railway, canal, dock, water, or other public undertaking, and includes any person or body of persons so authorised.

1973 V. Bonham-Carter Land & Environment iii. 184 There are the 400 or more Water Undertakers (public bodies or statutory companies).

2002 E. T. Laryea Paperless Trade vii. 175 Governments may wish to establish statutory companies to provide TPF [= Transaction Processing Facility] services for private parties.

statutory declaration n. Law a formal declaration made in a prescribed form and having a legal force similar to that of a sworn oath.Based on the provisions of the Statutory Declaration Act (1835), such a declaration is commonly used in the United Kingdom as a method of legally changing one's name.

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the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [noun] > solemn > asseveration instead of an oath > specific

statutory declaration1890

1890 F. A. Stringer Oaths & Affirm. 76 A statutory declaration cannot be filed in the Supreme Court in lieu of an affidavit or affirmation.

1911 Official Yearbk. Commonw. Austral. 4 xxx. 1124 All infants in Tasmania are nominally required, under the Vaccination Act 1898, to be vaccinated before the age of 12 months, unless either (a) a statutory declaration of conscientious objection is made, or (b) a medical certificate of unfitness is received.

1999 Student Times (Dundee Univ. Students' Assoc.) 30 Apr. 5/5 I'm sure some of you have considered changing your name at some point... By far the simplest method is in the form of a Statutory Declaration.

statutory holiday n. a public holiday.

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society > leisure > [noun] > a period of > holidays > formal

vacationc1456

vacancyc1580

lawstead1600

vac1709

feriate1727

statutory holiday1850

1850 Jrnls. Legislative Assembly Canada 9 34/1 On motion of the Honorable Mr. Attorney General Baldwin,..that to-morrow being a statutory holiday, this house when it doth adjourn will adjourn until Friday next.

1975 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 2 June 5/7 He also increased to double time-and-a-half, the pay for policemen working on statutory holidays.

2000 C. Gratton & P. Taylor Econ. Sport & Recreation iii. 40 The Japanese have many more statutory holidays (20 days per year) than Europeans or Americans.

statutory instrument n. British Law a form of subordinate legislation to which the Statutory Instruments Act applies (see quot. 1946).

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society > law > [noun] > statutory instrument

statutory instrument1946

1946 Act 9 & 10 Geo. VI c. 36 §1 (1) Where by this Act or any Act passed after the commencement of this Act power to make, confirm or approve orders, rules, regulations or other subordinate legislation is conferred on His Majesty in Council or on any Minister of the Crown then, if the power is expressed—(a) in the case of a power conferred on His Majesty, to be exercisable by Order in Council; (b) in the case of a power conferred on a Minister of the Crown, to be exercisable by statutory instrument, any document by which that power is exercised shall be known as a ‘statutory instrument’.

a1974 R. Crossman Diaries (1976) II. 549 The issue the journalists were raising concerned a statutory instrument.

2009 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 28 Apr. 7 Much law emanating from EU institutions comes into UK law..using Statutory Instruments.

statutory law n. law that is derived from statutes, as opposed to common law, constitutions, custom, etc.; a law of this type.

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society > law > branch of the law > [noun] > statute

statute lawa1500

statutory law1678

1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. sig. a^r I collationed all with our Statutory Law, the Civil Law, and the Customs of other Countreys.

1783 Inq. Princ. Eccl. Patronage & Presentation 6 It has been maintained..that the right of presentation was not supported by the civil statutory law of Scotland.

1867 Lower Canada Law Jrnl. 2 252/2 The decision of the Court is fully justified by the dispositions of our Statutory law.

1910 Outlook 25 June 365/2 In so far as that policy finds expression in the common and statutory law of to-day, it is high time that the law was changed in the interest of the people.

2000 Monitor (Kampala) 28 Apr. 16/4 In Uganda, many customary and statutory laws discriminate against women. Under customary law,..a woman is always regarded as a minor.

statutory maternity pay n. British maternity pay an employer is legally required to pay an employee when on maternity leave, some or all of which is usually recoverable from the government; abbreviated SMP.

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1985 Guardian 6 Mar. 20/1 The maternity provisions of the Employment Protection Act (1975) gave many women statutory maternity pay and job reinstatement rights.

2002 Which? Tax Saving Guide 20/3 Statutory maternity pay and any maternity pay from your employer are also taxable through the PAYE system.

statutory meeting n. a general meeting of the members of a company, held in accordance with a statute; spec. the first such meeting, held between one and three months after the company is entitled to start trading.

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society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > meeting of company

statutory meeting1811

1811 Edinb. Advertiser 15 Oct. 242/1 At the statutory meeting, Mr. Aitchison made an offer for payment of a composition upon the debts due by him.

1851 Bradshaw's Railway Directory 164 The statutory meetings held in March and September.

1900 Act 63 & 64 Vict. c. 48 §12 Every company limited by shares and registered after the commencement of this Act shall, within a period of not less than one month nor more than three months from the date at which the company is entitled to commence business, hold a general meeting of the members of the company, which shall be called the statutory meeting.

1970 M. Greener Penguin Dict. Commerce 313 The report should be certified by the auditors, if any, and must be delivered to the Registrar of Companies. It must also be sent to each member fourteen days before the statutory meeting.

2008 Business Wire (Nexis) 5 May At the statutory meeting, members of the Board's two committees were also appointed.

statutory rape n. sexual intercourse with a person who is below the age of consent; the criminal offence consisting of this.

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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > loss of chastity > [noun] > defilement of chastity or woman > forcible > specific types of

statutory rape1873

gang rape1875

marital rape1884

train1962

pack rape1972

date rape1973

acquaintance rape1974

1873 J. P. Bishop Comm. on Law of Statutory Crimes 319 (heading) Carnal ravishment of children under statutes, with some further views of statutory rape.

1898 Northwestern Reporter 75 439 The respondent was convicted of statutory rape.

1959 Time (Canadian ed.) 26 Oct. 99/2 His taste for young flesh led to three statutory rape scandals..but the older he got, the more he seemed a cardboard sinner.

1977 I. Shaw Beggarman, Thief i. iv. 54 They jailed him on the charge of statutory rape.

2011 R. N. Lancaster Sex Panic & Punitive State ii. 66 The state's ‘Romeo and Juliet Law’ prescribed a reduced penalty..for statutory rape where the case involved two teenagers of the opposite sex, with the ‘offender’ younger than nineteen and the ‘victim’ at least fourteen.

statutory report n. a report circulated to the members of a company before a statutory meeting.

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1906 A. Nixon & G. H. Richardson Secretarial Work & Pract. v. 90 There appears nothing further to be done than for the Chairman to offer a few remarks in amplification of the Statutory Report.

1929 Act 19 & 20 Geo. V c. 23 §113 The directors shall, at least seven days before the day on which the meeting is held, forward a report (in this Act referred to as ‘the statutory report’) to every member of the company. The statutory report shall be certified by not less than two directors of the company.

2008 D. C. Bose Business Law (2010) 341 The Board of Directors must forward a report, called the statutory report, at least 21 days before the day on which the meeting is to be held, to every member of the company.

statutory right n. (frequently in plural) a right which has been prescribed, ordained, or conferred by statute, as opposed to one fixed by common law, custom, company policy, etc.

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1768 Ld. Auchinleck Reporter: Information for Magistrates & Town-Council of Kilmarnock 12 A clerk, whose acts and deeds are legal and valid, till a nomination by those having the above statutory right.

1881 Amer. Law Reg. 29 149 He has no constitutional or statutory right to be heard by counsel in the matter of the contempt.

1990 Littlewoods Catal. Spring–Summer 848/4 (caption) 10-year guarantee against breakage from thermal shock in addition to your statutory rights.

2007 D. Lowe Man. Professional Competence Road Haulage (ed. 12) v. 183 Individuals who know or believe that a firm or organization holds information about them have a statutory right to request details of the information held.

statutory tenancy n. tenancy existing after a contractual period of protected tenancy has ended and the tenant continues to live in the premises; an instance of this.

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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [noun] > leasehold tenure > statutory or regulated

statutory tenancy1866

regulated tenancy1965

1866 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 Dec. 7/2 He would give to the tenant,..this statutory tenancy as an indefeasible title to hold the land for the term named.

1920 Act 10 & 11 George V c. 17 §15 Conditions of statutory tenancy.

2011 C. Lind in C. Lind et al. Taking Responsibility, Law & Changing Family v. 79 Judges..held that same-sex couples could be regarded as ‘family’ for the purposes of the inheritance of a statutory tenancy.

statutory tenant n. a person living in premises under statutory tenancy.

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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > leaseholder or tenant > others

drenga1000

selfode1271

thringc1275

particular tenant1590

rack-renter1680

zamindar1683

roturier1830

statutory tenant1867

livier1883

church renter1889

congest1902

1867 Leeds Mercury 21 Oct. 4/3 By claiming to be rated and becoming thereby a statutory tenant he does not enlarge but really contracts his liability.

1928 Daily Mail 25 July 7/3 Mr. Hunt's case was that he owned the freehold of 294, Upper Richmond-road and occupied two rooms. Mr. Sullivan was the statutory tenant.

1972 N.Y. Law Jrnl. 10 Oct. 19/2 The parties concede that the defendants' occupancy of the apartment after the expiration of the lease was that of ‘statutory tenants’, since the premises were rent controlled under the City Rent and Rehabilitation Law.

2003 L. Block Small Town v. 82 The man is the statutory tenant of a rent-controlled apartment on one of the best blocks in the West Village.

statutory treason n. an offence made treasonable by statute; the crime of treason, as defined by statute.

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society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > treason > offences related to treason

petty treason1496

misprision of treason1533

petit treason1605

statutory treason1678

constructive treasona1715

treason-felony1865

1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. vi. 50 These Statutory Treasons have not at all the other priviledges competent to Treason.

1752 A. McDouall Inst. Laws Scotl. II. iv. ix. 530 The several statutory treasons, by the law of Scotland, made only capital crimes.

1804 M. Laing Hist. Scotl. (ed. 2) IV. 377 The former iniquitous trials in Scotland appeared indisputably to have proceeded from the accumulation of statutory treasons.

1918 Railroad Worker June 46/2 To thus aid the enemy is not statutory treason; it is moral treason.

2008 C. Oglesby Ravens in Storm v. 86 We were well accustomed by this time to being Red-baited by amateurs, but it felt different to be accused of statutory treason in the well of the U.S. Congress.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	statutory
释义	statutoryadj.n. Brit. /ˈstatʃᵿt(ə)ri/, /ˈstatjᵿt(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈstætʃəˌtɔri/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin statutorius. Etymology: < post-classical Latin statutorius (1552 or earlier) < classical Latin statūt- , past participial stem of statuere to decree, enact (see statute v.) + -ōrius -ory suffix². Compare earlier statutary adj., and compare also statutable adj. A. adj. †1. Scottish. Of a clause or phrase: that legally enacts a statute. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > written law > [adjective] > type of clause statutory1675 1675 G. Mackenzie Observ. upon 28. Act, 23. Parl. James VI 8 I understand not Craig. who Diag. 8. affirms Statutes to be constitutiones trium Regni ordinum, cum consensu Principis: for that is just to invert the statutory words of this, and many other Acts. 1717 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 331 The statutory part of that act. 1766 Ld. Kames Remarkable Decisions Court of Session 1730–52 56 The statutory clause is in the following words: ‘Statutes and ordains, That [etc.]’. 2. a. Of, relating to, or contained in a statute; enacted, prescribed, or appointed by statute; that conforms to requirements prescribed by statute. ΘΚΠ society > law > [adjective] > relating to or consisting of statutes statutary1594 statutory1678 society > law > rule of law > [adjective] > in accordance with the law > in conformity with statutes statutary1594 statutable1665 statutory1678 1678 J. Brown Hist. Indulgence 28 One formal and expressive Statutory Act. 1750 tr. C.-L. de S. de Montesquieu Two Chapters L'Esprit des Loix 10 I call a statutory power, the right of ordaining by one's proper authority, or of amending what hath been ordained by another. 1768 In Complaint for Penalties: Memorial for Sir John Gordon of Invergordon 3 Notwithstanding the satisfactory Reasons which occurred for so doing, and the statutory Authority under which it was done. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1766 I. 277 Johnson: In the formulary and statutory part of law, a plodding block-head can never excel. 1808 S. Toller Treat. Law Tithes ix. 236 A defendant in such case may set up a customary payment to protect himself against the claim of the statutory tithe. 1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation iii. ii. 427 The statutory rate of interest..was six per cent. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. vi. 33 The prerogative of the Crown..is now subject to statutory and constitutional limitations. 1888 Corr. Rep. Indian Public Service Comm. (1890) 5 in Parl. Papers (C. 5926) LIV. 321 The alleged feeling of dissatisfaction on the part of the Natives of India with the existing Statutory Service. 1911 Act 1 & 2 George V c. 16 §3 (2) It shall be a statutory condition for the receipt of an old age pension by any person, that [etc.]. 1931 Harvard Law Rev. 44 655 The award to the patentee was violative of the statutory requirement of competitive bidding for public contracts. 1989 C. Thubron Falling xix. 141 Prisoners are already complaining that their visits have been cut below the statutory minimum. 2008 S. Moore & G. Luton in B. Gazier & F. Bruggeman Restructuring Work & Employm. in Europe viii. 173 Employers are subject to statutory regulations in the selection of workers for redundancy. b. Originally Scottish. Of a crime: established or regulated by statute, as opposed to common law or natural law. Cf. common law n. 1a.See also statutory rape n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [adjective] > types of crime generally statutory1678 aggravated1726 incestuous1744 first degree1851 thrill hold-up1928 white-collar crime1964 arrestable1965 victimless1965 1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. 13 In Crymes against the Law of Nature, such as Murder, A minor, is lyable.., but in meerly statutory Crymes, such as usury,..He is not at all to be punished. 1797 Answers for James Clerk to Petition Henry Band 17 Jan. 26 The respondents interfered not to punish, but to prevent the commission of the statutory crime. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 32 The quality of concealment is essential to this statutory offence. 1890 Cases Courts of Appeals Missouri 37 482 Overdriving, alone, is not a statutory crime, it must be wilful as distinguished from accidental. 1925 T. Dreiser Amer. Trag. ii. xxiii. 262 Yet [there was] no statutory crime of any kind there. You could not possibly try a man for that, whatever privately you might think. 2008 C. Smith Poisoned Love x. 106 Had Kathy been charged with statutory crimes like theft or bribery, she would have been entitled to many rights. 3. In extended use (chiefly British). a. So strongly established by custom as to appear obligatory; habitual, customary; usual.rare before mid 20th cent. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [adjective] > viewed as authoritative prescriptionary1727 prescriptive1765 statutory1822 sanctified1888 1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel I. vi. 162 The board displayed beef and pudding, the statutory dainties of old England. 1972 Film No. 66. 30/1 This enabled Hitchcock to make his brief and by now statutory appearance early in the film. 1991 D. Lodge Paradise News i. v. 108 Each morning they put on their swimming-costumes and went down to the beach or the pool to acquire the statutory tan. 2008 G. Porter Little Bites of Austral. ii. 19 Turning on the mains resulted in the now statutory panicked dash. 2011 Observer (Nexis) 27 Feb. 37 Teenage novels, with their now statutory themes of exclusion, criminality, underage sex..and the moral consequences of living in a cruel and Godless universe. b. Of a person: chosen or included for the sake of appearances, so as to represent an otherwise unrepresented group; spec. designating a woman considered to have been included for this purpose on an official committee or similar body. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > of token importance statutory1937 token1937 tokenist1975 tokenistic1976 1937 Times 3 Dec. 8/5 Mr. A. P. Herbert..moved an amendment to delete the provision that at least one independent member of the Advisory [Films] Council should be a woman. He said that he hoped they would abolish from the clause and the Bill..what was called the ‘statutory woman’. 1945 Economist 15 Sept. 362/2 The ideal will be..to appoint Four Just Men and a statutory woman. 1982 Observer 31 Jan. 8 I don't think the British public would accept, and neither would I, the concept of the statutory black man. 1987 Guardian 11 Nov. 13/1 Anita is the statutory ethnic minority representative [in a radio series]. 2003 P. D. James in Times (Nexis) 5 July (Mag. section) 17 I..do feel that if you're asked to do something as a woman, even if you're going to be more or less the statutory woman, and you're sure that you can do it, then I think there is an obligation to do so. B. n. Usually with capital initial. A member of the statutory branch of the Indian Civil Service. Now historical and rare.With reference to the statute 33 Vict. c. 3 §6 (1870), under which such civil servants (usually people of Indian rather than British origin) were appointed; cf. quot. 1888 at sense A. 2a. Cf. covenanted adj. 4. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > civil service > [noun] > civil servant > types of in India factor1600 koi-hai1816 statutory1888 political1898 1888 Corr. Rep. Indian Public Service Comm. (1890) 27 in Parl. Papers (C. 5926) LIV. 321 We have ten Statutories already holding excluded appointments. 1899 Lady B. Balfour Hist. Ld. Lytton's Indian Admin. xii. 534 The favoured position of ‘Statutories’ gave rise also to some grumbling in the subordinate native services. 1980 E. Hirschmann White Mutiny ii. 38 The ‘statutories’..were quasi-members of the Covenanted Civil Service. Compounds statutory company n. a company which provides a public service and has been incorporated by special statute, as distinguished from a chartered company or a joint-stock company. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > other types of company incorporation1530 acquisitor1668 private company?1711 private practice1724 public company1730 trading house1760 acquiror1789 in-company1791 public corporation1796 company1800 subsidiary company1823 proprietary company1824 stock-company1827 trust company1827 subsidiary1828 concessionaire1839 commandite1844 statutory company1847 parent company1854 mastership1868 state enterprise1886 Pty.1904 asset class1931 acquirer1950 parent1953 growth company1959 spin-off1959 non-profit1961 shell1964 not-for-profit1969 vehicle1971 spin-out1972 startup1975 greenfield1982 large-cap1982 monoline1984 small cap1984 mid-cap1988 multidomestic1989 dotcom1996 1847 Rep. Supreme Courts Scotl. 19 647/1 If such be the law where the statutory company has to deal with a sole proprietor, the principle must equally apply as to each of various co-proprietors. 1885 Railway Times 25 Apr. 520/2 The concern..had acquired the standing of a statutory company, with its own special Parliamentary powers. 1915 Act 5 & 6 Geo. V c. 44 §2 The expression ‘statutory company’ means any railway company, canal company, dock company, water company, or other company incorporated by special Act, who are for the time being authorised under such an Act to construct, work, own, or carry on any railway, canal, dock, water, or other public undertaking, and includes any person or body of persons so authorised. 1973 V. Bonham-Carter Land & Environment iii. 184 There are the 400 or more Water Undertakers (public bodies or statutory companies). 2002 E. T. Laryea Paperless Trade vii. 175 Governments may wish to establish statutory companies to provide TPF [= Transaction Processing Facility] services for private parties. statutory declaration n. Law a formal declaration made in a prescribed form and having a legal force similar to that of a sworn oath.Based on the provisions of the Statutory Declaration Act (1835), such a declaration is commonly used in the United Kingdom as a method of legally changing one's name. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [noun] > solemn > asseveration instead of an oath > specific statutory declaration1890 1890 F. A. Stringer Oaths & Affirm. 76 A statutory declaration cannot be filed in the Supreme Court in lieu of an affidavit or affirmation. 1911 Official Yearbk. Commonw. Austral. 4 xxx. 1124 All infants in Tasmania are nominally required, under the Vaccination Act 1898, to be vaccinated before the age of 12 months, unless either (a) a statutory declaration of conscientious objection is made, or (b) a medical certificate of unfitness is received. 1999 Student Times (Dundee Univ. Students' Assoc.) 30 Apr. 5/5 I'm sure some of you have considered changing your name at some point... By far the simplest method is in the form of a Statutory Declaration. statutory holiday n. a public holiday. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > [noun] > a period of > holidays > formal vacationc1456 vacancyc1580 lawstead1600 vac1709 feriate1727 statutory holiday1850 1850 Jrnls. Legislative Assembly Canada 9 34/1 On motion of the Honorable Mr. Attorney General Baldwin,..that to-morrow being a statutory holiday, this house when it doth adjourn will adjourn until Friday next. 1975 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 2 June 5/7 He also increased to double time-and-a-half, the pay for policemen working on statutory holidays. 2000 C. Gratton & P. Taylor Econ. Sport & Recreation iii. 40 The Japanese have many more statutory holidays (20 days per year) than Europeans or Americans. statutory instrument n. British Law a form of subordinate legislation to which the Statutory Instruments Act applies (see quot. 1946). ΘΚΠ society > law > [noun] > statutory instrument statutory instrument1946 1946 Act 9 & 10 Geo. VI c. 36 §1 (1) Where by this Act or any Act passed after the commencement of this Act power to make, confirm or approve orders, rules, regulations or other subordinate legislation is conferred on His Majesty in Council or on any Minister of the Crown then, if the power is expressed—(a) in the case of a power conferred on His Majesty, to be exercisable by Order in Council; (b) in the case of a power conferred on a Minister of the Crown, to be exercisable by statutory instrument, any document by which that power is exercised shall be known as a ‘statutory instrument’. a1974 R. Crossman Diaries (1976) II. 549 The issue the journalists were raising concerned a statutory instrument. 2009 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 28 Apr. 7 Much law emanating from EU institutions comes into UK law..using Statutory Instruments. statutory law n. law that is derived from statutes, as opposed to common law, constitutions, custom, etc.; a law of this type. ΘΚΠ society > law > branch of the law > [noun] > statute statute lawa1500 statutory law1678 1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. sig. a^r I collationed all with our Statutory Law, the Civil Law, and the Customs of other Countreys. 1783 Inq. Princ. Eccl. Patronage & Presentation 6 It has been maintained..that the right of presentation was not supported by the civil statutory law of Scotland. 1867 Lower Canada Law Jrnl. 2 252/2 The decision of the Court is fully justified by the dispositions of our Statutory law. 1910 Outlook 25 June 365/2 In so far as that policy finds expression in the common and statutory law of to-day, it is high time that the law was changed in the interest of the people. 2000 Monitor (Kampala) 28 Apr. 16/4 In Uganda, many customary and statutory laws discriminate against women. Under customary law,..a woman is always regarded as a minor. statutory maternity pay n. British maternity pay an employer is legally required to pay an employee when on maternity leave, some or all of which is usually recoverable from the government; abbreviated SMP. ΚΠ 1985 Guardian 6 Mar. 20/1 The maternity provisions of the Employment Protection Act (1975) gave many women statutory maternity pay and job reinstatement rights. 2002 Which? Tax Saving Guide 20/3 Statutory maternity pay and any maternity pay from your employer are also taxable through the PAYE system. statutory meeting n. a general meeting of the members of a company, held in accordance with a statute; spec. the first such meeting, held between one and three months after the company is entitled to start trading. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > meeting of company statutory meeting1811 1811 Edinb. Advertiser 15 Oct. 242/1 At the statutory meeting, Mr. Aitchison made an offer for payment of a composition upon the debts due by him. 1851 Bradshaw's Railway Directory 164 The statutory meetings held in March and September. 1900 Act 63 & 64 Vict. c. 48 §12 Every company limited by shares and registered after the commencement of this Act shall, within a period of not less than one month nor more than three months from the date at which the company is entitled to commence business, hold a general meeting of the members of the company, which shall be called the statutory meeting. 1970 M. Greener Penguin Dict. Commerce 313 The report should be certified by the auditors, if any, and must be delivered to the Registrar of Companies. It must also be sent to each member fourteen days before the statutory meeting. 2008 Business Wire (Nexis) 5 May At the statutory meeting, members of the Board's two committees were also appointed. statutory rape n. sexual intercourse with a person who is below the age of consent; the criminal offence consisting of this. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > loss of chastity > [noun] > defilement of chastity or woman > forcible > specific types of statutory rape1873 gang rape1875 marital rape1884 train1962 pack rape1972 date rape1973 acquaintance rape1974 1873 J. P. Bishop Comm. on Law of Statutory Crimes 319 (heading) Carnal ravishment of children under statutes, with some further views of statutory rape. 1898 Northwestern Reporter 75 439 The respondent was convicted of statutory rape. 1959 Time (Canadian ed.) 26 Oct. 99/2 His taste for young flesh led to three statutory rape scandals..but the older he got, the more he seemed a cardboard sinner. 1977 I. Shaw Beggarman, Thief i. iv. 54 They jailed him on the charge of statutory rape. 2011 R. N. Lancaster Sex Panic & Punitive State ii. 66 The state's ‘Romeo and Juliet Law’ prescribed a reduced penalty..for statutory rape where the case involved two teenagers of the opposite sex, with the ‘offender’ younger than nineteen and the ‘victim’ at least fourteen. statutory report n. a report circulated to the members of a company before a statutory meeting. ΚΠ 1906 A. Nixon & G. H. Richardson Secretarial Work & Pract. v. 90 There appears nothing further to be done than for the Chairman to offer a few remarks in amplification of the Statutory Report. 1929 Act 19 & 20 Geo. V c. 23 §113 The directors shall, at least seven days before the day on which the meeting is held, forward a report (in this Act referred to as ‘the statutory report’) to every member of the company. The statutory report shall be certified by not less than two directors of the company. 2008 D. C. Bose Business Law (2010) 341 The Board of Directors must forward a report, called the statutory report, at least 21 days before the day on which the meeting is to be held, to every member of the company. statutory right n. (frequently in plural) a right which has been prescribed, ordained, or conferred by statute, as opposed to one fixed by common law, custom, company policy, etc. ΚΠ 1768 Ld. Auchinleck Reporter: Information for Magistrates & Town-Council of Kilmarnock 12 A clerk, whose acts and deeds are legal and valid, till a nomination by those having the above statutory right. 1881 Amer. Law Reg. 29 149 He has no constitutional or statutory right to be heard by counsel in the matter of the contempt. 1990 Littlewoods Catal. Spring–Summer 848/4 (caption) 10-year guarantee against breakage from thermal shock in addition to your statutory rights. 2007 D. Lowe Man. Professional Competence Road Haulage (ed. 12) v. 183 Individuals who know or believe that a firm or organization holds information about them have a statutory right to request details of the information held. statutory tenancy n. tenancy existing after a contractual period of protected tenancy has ended and the tenant continues to live in the premises; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [noun] > leasehold tenure > statutory or regulated statutory tenancy1866 regulated tenancy1965 1866 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 Dec. 7/2 He would give to the tenant,..this statutory tenancy as an indefeasible title to hold the land for the term named. 1920 Act 10 & 11 George V c. 17 §15 Conditions of statutory tenancy. 2011 C. Lind in C. Lind et al. Taking Responsibility, Law & Changing Family v. 79 Judges..held that same-sex couples could be regarded as ‘family’ for the purposes of the inheritance of a statutory tenancy. statutory tenant n. a person living in premises under statutory tenancy. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > leaseholder or tenant > others drenga1000 selfode1271 thringc1275 particular tenant1590 rack-renter1680 zamindar1683 roturier1830 statutory tenant1867 livier1883 church renter1889 congest1902 1867 Leeds Mercury 21 Oct. 4/3 By claiming to be rated and becoming thereby a statutory tenant he does not enlarge but really contracts his liability. 1928 Daily Mail 25 July 7/3 Mr. Hunt's case was that he owned the freehold of 294, Upper Richmond-road and occupied two rooms. Mr. Sullivan was the statutory tenant. 1972 N.Y. Law Jrnl. 10 Oct. 19/2 The parties concede that the defendants' occupancy of the apartment after the expiration of the lease was that of ‘statutory tenants’, since the premises were rent controlled under the City Rent and Rehabilitation Law. 2003 L. Block Small Town v. 82 The man is the statutory tenant of a rent-controlled apartment on one of the best blocks in the West Village. statutory treason n. an offence made treasonable by statute; the crime of treason, as defined by statute. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > treason > offences related to treason petty treason1496 misprision of treason1533 petit treason1605 statutory treason1678 constructive treasona1715 treason-felony1865 1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. vi. 50 These Statutory Treasons have not at all the other priviledges competent to Treason. 1752 A. McDouall Inst. Laws Scotl. II. iv. ix. 530 The several statutory treasons, by the law of Scotland, made only capital crimes. 1804 M. Laing Hist. Scotl. (ed. 2) IV. 377 The former iniquitous trials in Scotland appeared indisputably to have proceeded from the accumulation of statutory treasons. 1918 Railroad Worker June 46/2 To thus aid the enemy is not statutory treason; it is moral treason. 2008 C. Oglesby Ravens in Storm v. 86 We were well accustomed by this time to being Red-baited by amateurs, but it felt different to be accused of statutory treason in the well of the U.S. Congress. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1675
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