The phrase "a statutory demand" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in legal contexts to refer to a formal request for payment of a debt.
Example: "The creditor issued a statutory demand to the debtor, seeking payment for the outstanding amount."
Alternatives: "a legal demand" or "a formal demand for payment".
Because he owes you more than £750 you could issue a statutory demand in bankruptcy.
17 December 2014: Gallaghers, along with another insolvency firm, Duff & Phelps, meet USC after a statutory demand was issued to USC by one of its creditors (Diesel) for outstanding invoices.
In a statement it said it was "disappointed" by ACL's decision to issue a statutory demand, rather than "negotiate a level of rent which the club can afford and which is in line with the rent paid by other clubs".
"Following the issuing of a statutory demand by ACL last week the board of directors of CCFC will, first and foremost, continue to work hard at bringing about a resolution regarding the rent dispute with ACL that will enable the football club to remain at the Ricoh Arena.
"Facebook failed to meet its obligations under the Privacy Act, and when given a statutory demand from my office to produce the information at issue so that I could discharge my statutory duty to the requester to review it, Facebook initially refused to provide it, and then asserted that Facebook was not subject to the New Zealand Privacy Act, and was therefore under no obligation to provide it.
The unions want higher wages, backed by a statutory minimum wage, which would boost domestic demand and suck in more imports.
The bottom line is that we should demand the following: no increase in the power to wiretap without a statutory recognition of a broader warrant requirement that reflects the reality of the privacy interest in stuff stored on the Web.
By introducing fees, the government is effectively attempting to impose a financial penalty for exercising a statutory right of appeal against its own tax demand".
Mr Seehofer let slip that he could imagine having a statutory minimum wage of €8.50 ($11.60), the main concession demanded by the SPD.
However, Francis says that this needs to go further, saying that a "statutory obligation should be imposed to observe a duty of candour" – in other words, a demand for new laws to make this possible.
