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The phrase "a statutory term" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal contexts to refer to a term defined by statute or law.
Example: "The contract must adhere to the definitions provided in the statute, particularly regarding a statutory term."
Alternatives: "a legal term" or "a defined term".
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In the absence of such a definition, we construe a statutory term in accordance with its ordinary and natural meaning.
In its brief, the government takes pains to point to other language in the ACA to contend that "established by the state" is a "statutory term of art" embracing all of the exchanges, not only those set up by states.
This can be the case where a statutory term evaluated by the authority is so general and ambiguous that reasonable people may peg different meanings to it.
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One expands the definition of the statutory term "committed to a mental institution" to clarify that individuals subjected to involuntary outpatient as well as inpatient commitments are prohibited from purchasing firearms.
Fourth, the Court refused to distinguish between the statutory term of "people" and the concept of a "state".
"The statutory term 'visitorial powers' is susceptible to more than one meaning," Justice Thomas wrote, "and the agency's construction is reasonable" and thus should be deferred to.
In Ex parte Bollman (1807), the Court held that the statutory term "any place out of the jurisdiction of any particular state" applied only to "any river, haven, bason or bay, not within the jurisdiction of any particular state," and only in "those cases there is no court which has particular cognizance of the crime".
The Court held that the statutory term "any place out of the jurisdiction of any particular state" applied only to "any river, haven, bason or bay, not within the jurisdiction of any particular state," and only in "those cases there is no court which has particular cognizance of the crime".
"Whether a part or accessory is, in fact, a machinegun requires an application of statutory terms – the law – to the technical and functional characteristics of the device.
Last month, the home secretary revealed in a letter that she was considering standing down the current panel in favour of a royal commission or a new inquiry on statutory terms.
Mr Winter said the apostasy ruling suggested a fusion of theological and statutory terms.
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