statutory
adj.decided or controlled by a formal law. You use this to describe rights, rules, or duties that are written in legal documents rather than just being a habit.
adj.required, permitted, or enacted by statute; relating to rules established by legislative enactment rather than common law. Often used to distinguish formal legal requirements from contractual or customary ones.
“All employees are entitled to a statutory minimum wage.”
“The company has a statutory obligation to provide a safe working environment for all its staff members.”
“While the internal policy suggests a two-week notice period, the statutory requirement remains the primary legal benchmark for resolving disputes regarding termination of employment.”
Typically precedes the noun it modifies; frequently collocates with 'duty', 'obligation', 'requirement', or 'rights'.
“In line with its statutory remit, Fiosrú’s investigation relates to incidents involving contact with gardaí where a member of the public has died or been seriously injured.”
“Cawthorne has now called on the current site owners, Telford and Wrekin Council, to order a full fresh statutory investigation into the former landfill site near Coalbrookdale.”
From statute + -ory.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.