statutory limit

collocation in English

meaningsofstatutoryandlimit

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statutory
adjective
uk
/ˈstætʃ.ə.tər.i/us
/ˈstætʃ.ə.tɔːr.i/
decided or controlled ...
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limit
noun
uk
/ˈlɪm.ɪt/us
/ˈlɪm.ɪt/
the greatest amount, number, or level of something that is either possible ...
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(Definition ofstatutoryandlimitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofstatutory limit

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If he is now in a position to show that his yearly means are within thestatutorylimit, a fresh claim can be made.
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This is well within thestatutorylimitand the education authority are under no obligation to provide school transport.
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There is nostatutorylimitfor imprisonment in default of finding sureties in other cases.
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He asked why there was not astatutorylimitgoverning the intervals between which they would be inviolate from a predator.
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Amounts owed above thestatutorylimitstand as a debt in the insolvency proceedings.
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At the moment thestatutorylimitis eight.
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At present, the sterlingstatutorylimitis set at £35 billion and no change is proposed.
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These special schemes for growing rice may, therefore, in due course, involve allocations and ultimately expenditure in excess of the existingstatutorylimitof £140 million.
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In 3, 354 cases the tribunals found that thestatutorylimithad been exceeded and that they had no jurisdiction to hear the appeal.
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They reject the notion of astatutorylimiton next year's rates.
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He hoped that it would not mean that thestatutorylimitwould be abolished altogether.
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Her means, however, at present exceed thestatutorylimit.
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Acts were in excess of thestatutorylimit.
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Thestatutorylimithas not been exceeded in either case.
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I only wanted that there should be a little elasticity and that we should not be bound absolutely by astatutorylimitof 12 months.
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It is not a case so much of shortage as the fact that the borrowing is approaching thestatutorylimit.
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These special schemes for growing rice may therefore in due course involve allocations, and ultimately expenditure, in excess of the existingstatutorylimitof £140 million.
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There is nostatutorylimitto the retention of the others.
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Many more are stay-on at school beyond thestatutorylimit; many others go to universities and colleges.
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The figure of £55 million is an estimate of the likely total cost, not astatutorylimit.
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