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statutory

/ˈstætjʊtəri/

B2CEFR level
45/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

Medicine adjective

Required, permitted, or established by law or official regulation.

The letter confirmed that the statutory notification of the infectious disease had been made.

Similar: legal, prescribed

Topic: Clinical consultation in Medical English

Law adjective

Required or fixed by statute; by law.

A statutory notice period applies to every employment contract.

Topic: Legislation in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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