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Boughton noted the diesel tax has been adjusted annually each summer since 2007 based on a statutory formula that relies heavily on wholesale diesel prices from the prior 12 months.
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Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2024
New York State has long imposed a minimum temperature in schools to keep buildings warm during cold East Coast winters, but has never had a statutory limit on maximum temperatures.
—James Skoufis, New York Daily News, 19 June 2024
Dockworkers have engaged in several one-day strikes, as well as numerous four-hour work stoppages, in protest over pension reform that increased the statutory retirement age.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 17 June 2024
If the library doesn’t move the material within 60 days, the requester can then sue the library and receive $250 in statutory damages, plus additional damages and relief.
—Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 7 June 2024
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Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2024
New York State has long imposed a minimum temperature in schools to keep buildings warm during cold East Coast winters, but has never had a statutory limit on maximum temperatures.
—James Skoufis, New York Daily News, 19 June 2024
Dockworkers have engaged in several one-day strikes, as well as numerous four-hour work stoppages, in protest over pension reform that increased the statutory retirement age.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 17 June 2024
If the library doesn’t move the material within 60 days, the requester can then sue the library and receive $250 in statutory damages, plus additional damages and relief.
—Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 7 June 2024
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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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