Meaning & use
Statutorily
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In a manner required or established by statute, or written law.
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Employers are statutorily required to provide a minimum period of paid leave.
The agency's powers are statutorily limited to matters of public safety.
A note on using this word
Common in legal and regulatory writing to distinguish obligations created by law from those arising by contract or custom.
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legally
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