Sample Sentences forstatutory law (auto-selected)
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We think of statutory law as being written by legislators, but most of it is written in the form of rules and regulations created by governmental agencies.statutory law = law developed by governmental groups in contrast to common law (based on custom and precedent)
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He said he didn't have any quarrel with the rape statute, none what ever, but he did have deep misgivings when the state asked for and the jury gave a death penalty on purely circumstantial evidence. (source)statute = law
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By old English statutory law, the whale is declared "a royal fish."† (source)
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I take the blatant disregard of such a statute quite seriously, Emperor Kaito.† (source)
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Some states changed their statutes to create more hopeful sentences for child offenders.† (source)
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Go shopping, unless all the shops had gotten their statutory ramps in place.† (source)
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Nevertheless, and quite frankly, the Deadman's Statute creates a ...shady legal area.† (source)
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McCandless could endeavor to explain that he answered to statutes of a higher order, that as a latter-day adherent of Henry David Thoreau, he took as gospel the essay "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience" and thus considered it his moral responsibility to flout the laws of the state.† (source)
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There is no statutory deadline.† (source)
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We would also ask you to remember that any magical activity that risks notice by members of the non-magical community (Muggles) is a serious offense under section 13 of the International Confederation of Warlocks' Statute of Secrecy.† (source)
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If retaliation is your fear, know this—I should hang ten thousand that dared to rise against the law, and an ocean of salt tears could not melt the resolution of the statutes.† (source)
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Statutory rape.† (source)
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Truly there is, both in the Scripture and the statute-book.† (source)
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All segregation statutes are unjust because segregation distorts the soul and damages the personality.† (source)
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Jody's been accused of statutory rape.† (source)
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They cannot be, sir, if they require a new statute to legalise them.† (source)
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