"pertaining to statues, depending on statute for authority, required by statute," 1717, from statute + -ory. Statutory rape attested from 1873; in U.S., "sexual intercourse with a female below the legal age of consent, whether forced or not." Related: Statutorily.
例文
1. The authority failed to carry out its statutory duties.
主管部門は自分の法定職責を履行していない。
2.Retailers have a statutory duty to provide goods suitable for their purpose.小売業者は、彼らに要求に合った商品を提供する法的義務がある。
3.This guarantee does not affect your statutory rights.
この保証はあなたの法定権利に影響しません。
4.Clearly the Secretary could not contract away his statutory authority.
明らかに、内務大臣は契約を結んだからといって法律上の職権を行使しないわけにはいかない。
5.Some statutory provisions also confine the agency 's discretion to release damaging information.