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statutory instrument

[ stach-oo-tawr-ee in-struh-muhnt ]

noun

, Government.
  1. an order, regulation, rule, etc., in some members or former members of the Commonwealth of Nations that has the power of a law, made by a member of the government on their own authority rather than being passed through voting.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of statutory instrument1

First recorded in 1945–50

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