statutory language

collocation in English

meaningsofstatutoryandlanguage

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statutory
adjective
uk
/ˈstætʃ.ə.tər.i/us
/ˈstætʃ.ə.tɔːr.i/
decided or controlled ...
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language
noun
uk
/ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/us
/ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/
a system of communication consisting of sounds, words, ...
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(Definition ofstatutoryandlanguagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofstatutory language

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Second, the benefit is vested by the authority ofstatutorylanguageand by the official regulations governing the implementation of the statute.
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Moreover, applied semantic realism will have problems ifstatutorylanguageuses terms in certain embedded contexts.
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They instead chose to enact symbolicstatutorylanguagethat failed to establish a clear or workable set of railroad labor policies.
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Neither does the fact thatstatutorylanguageis canonical.
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When confronted with interpretive controversies aboutstatutorylanguage, both judges and researchers typically follow conventions for reading legislative histories that command them to ignore most of the available evidence.
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Smith's first-person narrative shares withstatutorylanguagethe capacity to shape social reality through signs.
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It sought to spell out instatutorylanguageconsiderations that the courts need to have in mind before thay may sentence to custody.
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A literal interpretation ofstatutorylanguageencourages excessive statutory detail and complexity and breeds legalism.
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But now he chides me about the abbreviation ofstatutorylanguage.
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We are therefore grateful that there is somestatutorylanguagebefore us on this important point.
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That can only mean instatutorylanguagethat the order itself is to reflect the desirabililty of what they want.
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The use of presumptions and statutory terms, and their contractual equivalents, should be ruled out by clearstatutorylanguage.
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That is thestatutorylanguagefrom which the committee derives its function.
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Although we felt constrained by thestatutorylanguageto reach that conclusion, the result has always seemed to me to be a very unhappy one.
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The phrase "so much of a licensed diffusion service" is as near as possible instatutorylanguageto the concept of the cable channel.
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One does not know why, in order to put it intostatutorylanguage, the same wording or a paraphrase should not be used.
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What is desirable is thatstatutorylanguageshould be as near as possible to popular speech as is consistent with precision.
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The presentstatutorylanguage, "two persons with knowledge of the working of the courts", could cover retired judges, retired lawyers, legal academics and legal journalists.
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However, he seems to be advancing an argument against any attempt to rewrite or simplifystatutorylanguage.
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The singular means the plural instatutorylanguage.
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