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The bill, if passed, would amend the National Emergencies Act to limit a president's ability to exercise statutory emergency authorities indefinitely, without review or approval by Congress.
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Isabella Murray, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2025
The decision safeguards employees' reputations by requiring corrections to personnel records and ensures that future administrations cannot bypass statutory protections to carry out purges of the workforce.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
For instance, it's not supposed to collect a fee in exchange for the issuance of an export license, and that's a statutory directive from Congress.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Because the statutory maximum for an incident of copyright infringement is $150,000 per recording, the possible damages in the suit could have been as high as $621 million.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2025
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Isabella Murray, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2025
The decision safeguards employees' reputations by requiring corrections to personnel records and ensures that future administrations cannot bypass statutory protections to carry out purges of the workforce.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
For instance, it's not supposed to collect a fee in exchange for the issuance of an export license, and that's a statutory directive from Congress.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Because the statutory maximum for an incident of copyright infringement is $150,000 per recording, the possible damages in the suit could have been as high as $621 million.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Statutory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/statutory. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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statutory
adjective
stat·u·to·ry
ˈstach-ə-ˌtōr-ē 
-ˌtȯr-
1
: of or relating to statutes
2
: regulated by statute
3
: punishable by statute
Legal Definition
statutory
adjective
stat·u·to·ry
ˈsta-chə-ˌtōr-ē
1
: of or relating to a statute or statutes
a statutory provision
2
: enacted, created, regulated, or defined by statute
a statutory presumption
a statutory insider
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