statutory authority

collocation in English

meaningsofstatutoryandauthority

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statutory
adjective
uk
/ˈstætʃ.ə.tər.i/us
/ˈstætʃ.ə.tɔːr.i/
decided or controlled ...
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authority
noun
uk
/ɔːˈθɒr.ə.ti/us
/əˈθɔːr.ə.t̬i/
the moral or legal right or ability ...
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(Definition ofstatutoryandauthorityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He was trying to get legislators to reallocate somestatutoryauthorityfrom medical experts to expert eugenicists.
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For example, it had nostatutoryauthority, and half its early recruits had criminal backgrounds.
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The more the movement increased its representativeness, the more participation and limitedstatutoryauthorityit was granted.
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Statutoryauthorityfor regulation now rested not only in both state and federal laws, but also in the hands of different federal regulators.
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Public sector entities have explicitstatutoryauthorityto acquire and handle certain data for public purposes.
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In the latter case after suitable filtering, the water could be used by astatutoryauthority.
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I should like to see for horticulture a newstatutoryauthority.
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We want urgently a newstatutoryauthoritywhich will plan our wholesale markets.
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We know that the medical board is thestatutoryauthoritywhich decides these matters.
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The sequence now is simply that the safety authority —thestatutoryauthority—identifies a risk that it deems to be substantial.
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They would come into the category if the information relating to the football ground or bus came into the hands of the relevantstatutoryauthority.
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There isstatutoryauthorityhere for the levying and recovery of fines.
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I said that it would givestatutoryauthorityto what was the position before at common law.
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Broadly, it is not desirable to provide that one type ofstatutoryauthorityshould exercise the functions of another.
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So far as my knowledge goes, all these industries have excellent schemes in operation, understatutoryauthority, now.
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Those are five different kinds ofstatutoryauthority, the good ones often wastefully overlapping and the bad ones neglecting their opportunities.
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In a budget of nearly £20 million, there will be a reduction in thestatutoryauthoritysocial grant over the next few years.
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The other thing is this: astatutoryauthorityhas, by law, to give wholesome water.
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The difficulty which has arisen is that at the moment there is nostatutoryauthorityby which this can be done.
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