STATUTORY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does statutory mean? 

• STATUTORY (adjective)
  The adjective STATUTORY has 2 senses:

1. relating to or created by statutes

2. prescribed or authorized by or punishable under a statute

  Familiarity information: STATUTORY used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STATUTORY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or created by statutes

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

statutory law

Pertainym:

statute (an act passed by a legislative body)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Prescribed or authorized by or punishable under a statute

Context example:

statutory rape

Similar:

legal (established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules)

 Context examples 

A category specifying that a product is marketed as a medical food under the statutory definition found in section FDA regulation 21 C.F.R. 101.9(j)(8).

(Medical Food Marketing Category, NCI Thesaurus)

A category specifying that a product is marketed as a dietary supplement under the statutory definition found in section 201(ff) of Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the act) (21 U.S.C. 321).

(Dietary Supplement Marketing Category, NCI Thesaurus)

A category specifying that a product is marketed as a cosmetic under the statutory definition found in FD&C Act Section 201(i) SEC. 201. [21 U.S.C. 321].

(Cosmetic Marketing Category, NCI Thesaurus)

The EUA is a statutory authority allowing the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to authorize the introduction into interstate commerce and the use of unapproved medical products or authorize unapproved uses of approved medical products intended for use in an actual or potential emergency, during an emergency declared under Section 564(b)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the FD&C Act), as amended by the Project BioShield Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-276).

(Emergency Use Authorization, Food and Drug Administration)