statutory term
collocation in Englishmeaningsofstatutoryandterm
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statutory
adjective
uk/ˈstætʃ.ə.tər.i/us/ˈstætʃ.ə.tɔːr.i/
decided or controlled ...
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term
noun
uk/tɜːm/us/tɝːm/
the fixed period of time that something ...
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(Definition ofstatutoryandtermfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It is not astatutorytermat all.
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These targets cover the zone's full five-yearstatutoryterm.
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All education action zones will complete their agreed fullstatutoryterm.
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The term "intermediate treatment"is not astatutoryterm; nor indeed is the term"supervised activities".
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I am told that "sweets" is astatutorytermwhich goes back to the seventeenth century.
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In this context it is not astatutorytermin this country.
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It is astatutoryterm, and to that extent it is a term of art.
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To put thestatutorytermin 10, 9, 8 or 5 point type on a document would be absurd.
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I am informed that thestatutoryterm"constable" includes any police officer, so there is no doubt in that respect.
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Thirdly, the scheme brought up to date and simplified the rules about income and savings which could be (to use thestatutoryterm) disregarded.
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The assistant-commissioners now dealing with applications to fix fair rents deal with all such cases, whether the applications are for a first, second, or thirdstatutoryterm.
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In calculating the resources, parts of certain kinds of income and certain amounts of savings can be ignored, or, to use thestatutorytermagain, "disregarded".
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Close companies can exist with only one director, with nostatutorytermof office.
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Directors have astatutorytermof office of two years, and auditors have a term of four years.
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My officials are starting discussions with each zone on the future of the zone, with a view to having firm proposals well before the end of itsstatutoryterm.
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Local authorities are responsible bodies and have independent and explicit statutory responsibility for the management of their housing and for charging rents which, to use thestatutoryterm, are "reasonable".
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This can be the case where astatutorytermevaluated by the authority is so general and ambiguous that reasonable people may peg different meanings to it.
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