Statutory Sentence Examples

The council sits for a statutory period of three years.

In case the crop failed the Code fixed a statutory return.

Some of his statutory lectures are published in his Lectures on Mediaeval and Modern History.

Some of them have a statutory basis, others are purely contractual.

In Scotland, by the Presumption of Life (Scotland) Act 1891, the presumption is statutory.

It is now a statutory offence in all states of the Union, but the woman must be actually pregnant.

Statutory provision is also made for allowing tithes and tithe rent charge to be exchanged for land, and for the redemption of rent charges made under the acts, and also of corn rents under the local acts.

Statutory provision for the prevention of cruelty to those who are unable to protect themselves has been particularly marked in the 19th century.

In the four years and a half which elapsed between the publication of the Codex and that of the Digest, many important changes had been made in the law, notably by the publication of the Fifty Decisions," which settled many questions that had exercised the legal mind and given occasion to intricate statutory provisions.

Noteworthy, again, is the appeal to religious and ethical considerations in order to prevent injustice to the widow and fatherless and to unhappy debtors; statutory laws are either unknown, or, more probably, are presupposed.

When Governor Andros and his Council in 1687 issued an order for levying a tax, a special town meeting of Ipswich promptly voted "that the s'd act doth infringe their Liberty as Free borne English subjects of His Majestic by interfearing with ye statutory Laws of the Land, By which it is enacted that no taxes shall be levied on ye Subjects without consent of an assembly chosen by ye Freeholders for assessing the same," and refused to assess the tax.

So are private conveyances, charters of private corporations and statutory and other grants by a state.

All serious cases of crime are tried before a judge and jury, with the same formalities and safeguards as in England, while minor offences are dealt with by stipendiary magistrates possessing a limited statutory jurisdiction.

While an undergraduate he published two dissertations, On the Tree of Life in Paradise, with some Observations on the Fall of Man, and On the Oblations of Cain and Abel (2nd ed., 1747), which procured him the honour of a bachelor's degree before the statutory time.

Under these acts their management is entrusted to the commissioners of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues, who have certain statutory powers as to leasing, selling, exchanging, &c.

Toll-gates are now met with only at certain bridges, where the right to levy tolls is statutory or by prescription.

Power is also given to appoint joint-committees with other county councils in matters in which the two councils are jointly interested, but a joint-committee so appointed must not be confounded with the standing joint-committee of the county council and the quarter sessions, which is a distinct statutory body and is elsewhere referred to.

The orders of the Local Government Board as to these matters are set out in the Statutory Rules and Orders.

If there is no company having statutory powers of supply within their district, they may themselves undertake the supply of gas, and they may purchase the undertaking of any gas company within their district.

The rules now in force will be found in the Statutory Rules and Orders.

An amendment which was adopted (177,615 for; 147,290 against) in November 1908, and came in effect on the 4th of December 1908, provides for initiative and referendum applying to statutory law and to constitutional amendments, but emergency measures, and appropriations for the state government, for state institutions, and for public schools are exempt from referendum.

Many of the great towns had already secured such sites within moderate distances, and had constructed reservoirs of considerable size, when, in 1879, 1880 and 1892 respectively, Manchester, Liverpool and Birmingham obtained statutory powers to draw water from relatively great distances, viz.

The corporation have statutory power to raise the lake 50 ft., at which level it will have an available capacity of about 8000 million gallons; to secure this a masonry dam has been constructed, though the lake is at present worked at a lower level.

To this doctrine express statutory authority (as the events have happened) has been given by 25 Hen.

And landowners were empowered to seize all vagrant able-bodied men, and to compel them to work at the statutory wages.

Under the act of 1881, down to the 31st of March 1906, the rents of 360,135 holdings, representing nearly 11,000,000 acres, had been fixed for the first statutory term of 15 years either by the land commissioners or by agreements between landlords and tenants, the aggregate reduction being over 20% as compared with the old rents.

The rents of 120,515 holdings, representing over 3,500,000 acres, had been further fixed for the second statutory term, the aggregate reduction being over 19% as compared with the first term rents.

Two statutory fairs were held under the charter of 1558, but in 1792 only one fair was held on the Monday before Michaelmas for hiring, but there is now a pleasure fair on the same day.

We need to ascertain in advance of commitment that the necessary statutory basis and other legal authorities are in place.

Without statutory status, the future of local authority services will remain precarious.

Statutory intervention has now abrogated the need for this mandatory warning in all the above cases.

Dispute Resolution This group is mostly engaged on research into the use of statutory adjudication in the UK construction industry.

The City Councils statutory polices for outdoor advertising are contained in the Unitary Development Plan.

No. There is no statutory right to have bank holidays off as paid leave.

Such an increase is not within the definition of statutory betterment.

The Pensions Act 2004 also imposes a statutory obligation on ' whistleblowers ' to report suspected breaches of the legislation to the regulator.

Due to its statutory nature determination casework has priority above non-statutory work carried out by DVs.

Bargaining councils are permanent institutions of statutory collective bargaining.

The Chancellor presides at the annual meeting of the University Court and formally confers degrees but has no other statutory duties.

She asked for the three forms of statutory declaration.

There is no statutory definition of the term for the purposes of inheritance tax.

The Treasury will be issuing soon a consultation document on the statutory cash ratio deposit scheme.

The visual, ecological and heritage values of some of the finest areas have been recognized in a variety of statutory and non-statutory designations.

Under recent changes in planning law, even these statutory designations may not be enough to protect an area from turbines.

The Addition will not apply to the creation of a wayleave, license or " statutory easement " .

It is a statutory requirement for employers to have el.

It is obvious that these statutory enactments must be in written form and must be available to those who may be affected by them.

The Government intends to extend statutory holiday entitlement to include bank holidays, giving a typical full-time worker 28 days annual leave.

In many cases contractual entitlements simply reflect the statutory minimum.

There is however, a statutory entitlement to eight weeks paid Maternity leave.

However, in a joint adoption only one partner is entitled to statutory adoption pay whilst the other has paternity leave entitlements.

The amended Bill will not put the right of access to advocacy on a statutory footing for patients detained under the Mental Health Act.

Members decided to observe the formality of reappointing the current auditor in order to meet its statutory mandate.

There were also calls for the Commission to provide guidance for statutory funders.

Funding and pilot projects VRH is funded from a variety of statutory and private sources, and each of the 32 branches undertakes fundraising.

Any statutory dock hereditament falling within this category should be given the Special Category Code 435.

Other pesticide residues found at levels below statutory levels include aldicarb, maleic hydrazide, tecnazene and thiabendazole.

The threshold is being increased by statutory indexation to £ 255,000 for taxable transfers in 2003 - 04.

High Court lists reflect changes in the statutory time limits of cases indicted into the High Court.

Mrs E felt that this was an inadequate response and wanted the Commission to instigate a statutory inquiry.

Some 40 statutory instruments will also be required to bring the Act into effect.

These procedures and rules may need to be modified to comply with any statutory requirements in the applicable jurisdiction.

It provides a statutory framework for the President to impose sanctions against foreign drug kingpins and their organizations on a worldwide scale.

The Clean Neighborhoods and Environment Act, which comes into effect in 2006, extends the list of statutory nuisances to include light pollution.

It may only be broken when developing specific logotypes for statutory NHS organizations.

If an employe is ill during her unpaid maternity leave she may be entitled to Statutory Sick Pay or state Incapacity Benefit.

During her period of statutory maternity leave the employe must continue to receive all her contractual benefits except renumeration.

Using the original Industrial Tribunal calculation and applying the statutory maximum then in force Mr Clements ' compensation should have been £ 11,000.

Other statutory duties include the provision of grant funding for disabled facilities adaptations where the occupants meet a financial means test.

We found that CCSB, having more than 25 per cent of the market, met the statutory criterion for being a scale monopolist.

There is no set level at which noise becomes a statutory nuisance.

Using an agent does not change an employer's statutory obligations.

Is a supplier obliged to exercise the right to claim statutory interest?

The 2004 Statutory Register of osteopaths provides a geographical index of all practicing osteopaths, and is available to all health care providers.

The GOsC regulates, promotes and develops the profession of osteopathy, maintaining a Statutory Register of those entitled to practice osteopathy.

The Service is centrally funded to ensure that an impartial overview consistent with statutory requirements is achieved.

Codes of practice para 14 - 20 set out the statutory requirements.

New mothers ' entitlement to statutory maternity pay will be increased from 26 to 39 weeks next spring.

There will be a statutory presumption against lack of capacity.

Wiltshire County Council will begin the necessary statutory procedures to achieve this.

In England and Wales tenants of commercial leasehold property have various statutory protections.

The presence of a plaque does not afford a building any statutory protection; it has, for example, no connection with listing.

There are no specific statutory provisions governing secrecy in relation to companies.

Staff have psychological rather than medical qualifications and consequently do not prescribe medication or have statutory powers under the Mental Health Acts.

Functionality includes general ledger, budget, cost allocations, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and statutory statement automation.

The Environment Agency has a statutory duty to promote recreation on or near inland and coastal waters.

The amount of the statutory redundancy payment is calculated by reference to the employe's age, length of employment and pay.

Early indications are that existing registrants might continue to be regulated by their current statutory regulator.

The CSCI can make statutory requirements, which the home must meet in order to retain its registration for care.

Statutory control over the materials used in the manufacture of tobacco products finally ceased with a radical revision of the tax system in 1978.

Only pupils of statutory school age are included in these figures.

Reactor 1 will undergo a statutory maintenance shutdown, commencing in April 2005.

Social Work statutory duties are detailed in the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 which gives local authorities duties to promote social welfare.

This was different to statutory solvency, in that there was a statutory requirement for a company to meet the detailed regulatory solvency requirements.

The prosecution have helpfully drawn my attention to a number of instances where Statutory Instruments have amended later statutes.

The examples given in each level description are intended to indicate pitch and are not statutory.

This funding is also statutory funding, which means its criteria and regulations are governed by law and are set centrally by the government.

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A. It is, but it is actually referring to a police efficiency regulation, which will mean that it is actually statutory based.

We also believe provision of historic environment services by local government should become statutory, supported by adequate resourcing.

Can lawful behavior be prohibited under the statutory tort of harassment?

He has advised statutory undertakers on all aspects of Parliamentary matters.

Accountability 5.7 Statutory bodies provide universal, equitable services for which they can be held democratically accountable.

In the first attempt to fulfill its statutory duties the Agency was thwarted in its use and interpretation of non-market valuation techniques.

The Agency is a statutory consultee on planning applications affecting watercourses.

Cattle were hired for ploughing, working the watering-machines, carting, threshing, etc. The Code fixed a statutory wage for sowers, ox-drivers, field-labourers, and hire for oxen, asses, &c.

This provision caused grave doubts to be entertained as to the canonical position of this statutory official principal.

Such a railway has no statutory rights and no special obligations, and the owner of it is liable to be sued for creating a nuisance if the working of the line interferes with the comfort of those residing in the neighbourhood.

Are the latter words in such covenants limited to payments of this kind, or do they include single and definite payments demanded, for example, by a local authority, acting under statutory powers, for improvements of a permanent kind affecting the premises demised?

A lease terminates (i.) by the expiration of its term or by advantage being taken by the party in whose favour it is stipulated, of a " break " in the term; (ii.) by the occurrence of an " irritancy " of ground of forfeiture, either conventional, or statutory, e.g.

The House passed by an enormous majority a resolution (introduced on June 25) "that in order to give effect to the will of the people, as expressed by their representatives, it is necessary that the power of the other House to alter or reject bills passed by this House should be so restricted by law as to secure that within the limits of a single parliament the final decision of the Commons shall prevail"; but the prime minister's explanation that statutory provision should be made for two or three successive private conferences between the two Houses as to any bill in dispute at intervals of about six months, and that, only after that, the bill in question should be finally sent up by the Commons with the intimation that unless passed in that form it would become law over their heads, was obviously not what was wanted by enthusiastic opponents of the second chamber.

On the 15th of July 1908, Mr Asquith said that Sir Edward Grey had announced in the House of Commons on the 6th of June 1907 that the British government intended to negotiate with the powers for the renewal of the convention, on condition that they would relinquish the penal clause, and that none of the obligations in the convention as renewed were penal or required statutory authority.

In the former book he still makes large additions and alterations, but there is less scope for his prolixity than before; and in the latter, where he is no longer dealing with generalities, but making actual definitions, the Constitutions of necessity become more precise and statutory in form.

The Act includes both injunctive relief and statutory damages of up to $ 100,000 per purloined domain name.

The protection does not have to be statutory in nature and does not have to be for the purposes originally intended by Parliament.

This will entail changes to the way statutory redundancy entitlements are calculated.

Statutory redundancy pay is by any measure quite low.

The amount of the statutory redundancy payment is calculated by reference to the employe 's age, length of employment and pay.

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Statutory rights of way are either footpaths or bridleways.

Statutory constraints, international law, federal regulations, and rules of engagement (ROE) may limit a commander 's options regarding IO.

The removal of spinal cord from the carcass was only one of many of the statutory requirements that they had to monitor.

Yet statutory homelessness continues its relentless rise - 12 percent in the first quarter of this year.

In addition to which, food hygiene training has been a statutory requirement for at least the last 6 years.

Reducing the risk of dust causing a statutory nuisance is often a simple solution; regular damping, screening or both.

In turn either or both bodies may choose to investigate or not at any stage, subject only to the relevant statutory provisions.

Our statutory duties under the Home Energy Conservation Act are onerous given the nature of our housing stock and lack of mains gas supplies.

At present, the Safety Code of Practice only has statutory force in relation to undertakers ' works.

It replaced Dŵr Cymru as the statutory water undertaker in respect of Shotton.

If you use these sites, ensure that their forms are updated, comply with statutory requirements and deal with all aspects of your divorce, such as tax liability and your name change.

Statutory maternity leave entitlements are monies paid by United Kingdom employers that allows expecting mothers to take time off work before and after the birth of their babies.

Statutory maternity pay, or SMP, is provided to employees who become pregnant while working.

The maternity pay period (MPP) is determined by the actual start of statutory maternity pay (SMP).

Some employers do not pay statutory maternity payments.

What this means is, should a girl and guy become intimate and the age difference between them is 5 years or more, the older person could be charged with statutory rape.

Once the statutory retention maximum time frame has passed, you can destroy them as you see fit.

These are called statutory minimum limits of liability.

He is entitled to nominate eight chaplains, who had formerly certain statutory privileges, which are now abolished.

An attempt was made to include, under the expression "constructive corruption," among these statutory grounds of reduction, irregular conduct on the part of an arbitrator, with no suggestion of any corrupt motive.

The statutory definition of the grounds of reduction was intended, however, merely to put an end to the practice which had previously obtained of reviewing awards on their merits, and it does not prevent the courts from setting aside an award where the arbitrator has exceeded his jurisdiction, or disregarded any one of the expressed conditions of the submission, or been guilty of misconduct.

In 1907 the legislature proposed an amendment providing for the application of initiative and referendum to statutory laws and constitutional amendments; two years later the legislature passed a substitute resolution, which omits the clause regarding amendments of the constitution, and which, if passed by the legislature of 2922 will be put to popular vote at the general election of 1912.

This seems to be still the law, although a declaration was substituted for the oath by the Statutory Declarations Act 18 35, s.

In many states the legislatures have taken action in the development of law by adopting statutory codes of procedure, and in some instances have even enacted codes embodying the substance of the common law fused with the statutes.

Although political parties were originally mere private organizations, little objection seems to have been felt to giving them statutory recognition and placing the proceedings at them under full official control.

The Unionist party in the country had, meanwhile, been recovering from the Tariff Reform divisions of 1903, and was once more solid under Mr Balfour in favor of its new and imperial policy; but the campaign against the House of Lords started by Mr Lloyd George and the Liberal leaders, who put in the forefront the necessity of obtaining statutory guarantees for the passing into law of measures deliberately adopted by the elected Chamber, resulted in the return of Mr Asquiths government to office at the election of January 1910.

Positive law, at least in progressive societies, is constantly tending to fall behind public opinion, and the expedients adopted for bringing it into harmony therewith are three, viz, legal fictions, equity and statutory legislation.

The fear was as to whether the statutory number of 80,000 votes necessary for the acceptance of the bill would be reached.

If the tenant neglected to reclaim the land the Code enacted that he must hand it over in good tilth and fixed a statutory rent.

In commercial matters, payment in kind was still common, though the contracts usually stipulate for cash, naming the standard expected, that of Babylon, Larsa, Assyria, Carchemish, &c. The Code enacted, however, that a debtor must be allowed to pay in produce according to statutory scale.

The extent of this decline is seen in Table II., wherein are given the annual average prices from 1875 to 1905, calculated upon returns from the 190 statutory markets of England and Wales (Corn Returns Act 1882).

The constitution provides that the terms of supreme and circuit judges shall be such even number of years not less than six as may be prescribed by the legislature - the statutory provision is six years - that of the judges of the common pleas six years, that of the probate judges four years, that of other judges such even number of years not exceeding six as may be prescribed by the legislature - the statutory provision is six years - and that of justices of the peace such even number of years not exceeding four as may be thus prescribed - the statutory provision is four years.

In the absence of express agreement or custom or statutory provision (such as is made by the Agricultural Holdings Act 1883), a tenancy from year to year is determinable on half a year's notice expiring at the end of some current year of the tenancy.

An agricultural tenant may not contract himself out of his statutory right to compensation, but " contracting out " is apparently not prohibited with regard to the right given him by the acts of 1883 and 1900 to remove fixtures which he has erected and for which he is not otherwise entitled to compensation, after reasonable notice to the landlord, unless the latter elects to purchase such fixtures at a valuation.

The industry is conducted upon a basis of recognized standards of quality, and testing is necessary in the interests of both refiner and consumer, as well as compulsory in connexion with the various statutory and municipal regulations.

The bank acts as banker to the government, for which it has a fixed annual commission, and it is obliged to make a permanent statutory advance to the government of £T1,000,000, against the deposit by the government of marketable securities bearing interest at a rate agreed upon.

No other example of a statutory provision for a regency occurs till 1751.

Compensation, in its most familiar sense, is however a nomen juris for the reparation or satisfaction made to the owners of property which is taken by the state or by local authorities or by the promoters of parliamentary undertakings, under statutory authority, for public purposes.

If the property claimed is a house, or other building or manufactory, the owner has a statutory right to require the promoters by a counternotice to take the whole, even although a part would serve their purpose.

Statutory provision has been made in England for the summoning of expert assistance by the legal tribunals in various cases.

There are also many statutory administrative officials and boards, such as the adjutant-general, insurance commissioner, board of health, board of agriculture, board of public grounds and buildings, commissioners of fisheries, and factory and mining inspectors.

Statutory measures were taken from time to time to ensure the preservation of registers of burials, but it was not until 1836 (the Births and Deaths Registration Act) that the registration of deaths became a national concern.

In a collative advowson the bishop is himself the patron, either in his own right or in the right of the proper patron, which has lapsed to him through not being exercised within the statutory period of six months after the vacancy occurred.

It is thus different from legal fiction, by which a new rule is introduced surreptitiously, and under the pretence that no change has been made in the law, and from statutory legislation, in which the obligatory force of the rule is not supposed to depend upon its intrinsic fitness.

The statutory ages differ in the various states; in New South Wales and Western Australia it is from 6 to 13 years inclusive, in Victoria 6 to 12 years, in Queensland 6 to II years, and in South Australia 7 to 12 years inclusive.

In New South Wales, whose example was followed by Western Australia, the machinery adopted for fixing the statutory rate of wages was of a somewhat different type.

This fact was recognized by the legislators of 1864, and beneath the statutory tribunals created in that year the special courts of the peasants were suffered to survive.

When a line has once been inspected and passed, it lies with the company to maintain it in accordance with the standard of efficiency it originally possessed, but no express statutory obligation to do so is imposed upon the company, and whether it does so or not, the Board of Trade cannot interfere.

The provincial council, which has strictly local powers, sits for a statutory period of three years.

The provincial council consists of 25 members (each representing a separate constituency) elected by the parliamentary voters and has a statutory existence of three years.

Whatever may have been the exact view taken by the common law, the offence was made statutory by an act of 1803, making the attempt to cause the miscarriage of a woman, not being, or not being proved, to be quick with child, a felony, punishable with fine, imprisonment, whipping or transportation for any term not exceeding fourteen years.

No distinction is now made as to whether the foetus is or is not alive, legislation appearing to make the offence statutory with the object of prohibiting any risk to the life of the mother.

Its primary purpose was to embody in statutory form the commonlaw principle of equal treatment under like circumstances, and to provide machinery for enforcement.

They are revised by statutory assessment committees, who hear any objections by ratepayers against their valuation.

The whole of the law administered now in Burma rests ultimately upon statutory authority; and all the Indian acts relating to Burma, whether of the governor-general or the lieutenant-governor of Burma in council, will be found in the Burma Code (Calcutta, 1899), and in the supplements to that volume which are published from time to time at Rangoon.

For the classified service of the state and of the minor civil divisions, except cities, the commission makes rules (subject to the governor's approval and to statutory and constitutional provisions) governing the classification of offices, the examination of candidates for office, and the appointment and promotion of employees.

The governor's control over appointments was strengthened by the constitution of 1851 and by the subsequent creation of statutory offices, boards and commissions, but the right of veto was not given to him until the adoption of the constitutional amendments of 1903.

But there are a number of common-law and statutory qualifications and exceptions.

Nor was her legitimacy ever legally established; but after Jane Seymour's death, when Henry seemed likely to have no further issue, she was by act of parliament placed next in order of the succession after Edward and Mary and their issue; and this statutory arrangement was confirmed by the will which Henry VIII.

Promoters are not allowed without the consent of the owner to enter upon lands which are the subject of proceedings under the Lands Clauses Acts, except for the purpose of making a survey, unless they have executed a statutory bond and made a deposit, at the Law Courts Branch of the Bank of England, as security for the performance of the conditions of the bond.