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nonstatutory


adjective

  1. of, relating to, or of the nature of a statute.
  2. prescribed or authorized by statute.
  3. conforming to statute.
  4. (of an offense) recognized by statute; legally punishable.

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or having the nature of a statute
  2. prescribed or authorized by statute
  3. (of an offence)
    1. recognized by statute
    2. subject to a punishment or penalty prescribed by statute

adj.“pertaining to statues,” 1717, from statute + -ory. Statutory rape attested from 1898; in U.S., “sexual intercourse with a female below the legal age of consent, whether forced or not.”

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