statutory obligation

collocation in English

meaningsofstatutoryandobligation

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statutory
adjective
uk
/ˈstætʃ.ə.tər.i/us
/ˈstætʃ.ə.tɔːr.i/
decided or controlled ...
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obligation
noun
uk
/ˌɒb.lɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɑː.bləˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
the fact that you are obliged to ...
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(Definition ofstatutoryandobligationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofstatutory obligation

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What up till now was a matter of goodwill, will in the near future become astatutoryobligation.
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It was for this reason that doctors had to come under astatutoryobligationto fill out a medical certificate of cause of death.
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The registrars had astatutoryobligationto notify the magistrate of anyone who died leaving minor children.
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Criticism could be blunted by the plea that there was nostatutoryobligation, or even permission, to provide contraceptive help as a duty to the community.
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In this matter, therefore, there is a clearstatutoryobligationupon him to be satisfied where the public interest lies.
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They are also under astatutoryobligationto make ends meet taking one year with another.
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There was no legal orstatutoryobligationto tell them, but the council could have told them the position.
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We are wanting to make it astatutoryobligation.
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We are unable to go beyond thatstatutoryobligation.
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We intend to place astatutoryobligationon the operators to erect a site notice to publicise the development proposed.
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There is nostatutoryobligationto carry out such audits, nor do we believe it reasonable to impose one.
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It would, therefore, militate very much against him if it were made astatutoryobligation.
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There is nostatutoryobligationon him to do so, but he has done, and it works.
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Does it mean to say it is astatutoryobligationto keep it painted or such things as that?
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Is it the intention to make these returns astatutoryobligation?
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It is for each water authority to decide what levels of charges are necessary to meet itsstatutoryobligationto break even.
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The existingstatutoryobligationwith regard to the fourth of these conditions has been rigidly observed, and rightly so.
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Those representatives do not have to be employees, and nostatutoryobligationis placed upon them to pass on the information.
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He asked for astatutoryobligationfor consultative arrangements.
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However, to say that is one thing, and to put astatutoryobligationon them, to do it is quite another.
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