statutory board

noun

A quasi-government body corporate constituted under legislation and tasked to perform some functions.

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Meanings

nounstatutory board (plural statutory boards)

plural statutory boards

  1. CommonwealthgovernmentA quasi-government body corporate constituted under legislation and tasked to perform some functions.

    Every person who immediately before 1 July 1997 enjoyed a right of audience before any court, magistrate, statutory tribunal or statutory board shall on and after that date continue to enjoy such right before the corresponding court, magistrate, tribunal or board of the HKSAR.

    1997, Provisional Legislative Council of Hong Kong, “Hong Kong Reunification Ordinance”, in Hong Kong Government Gazetteᵂⁱᵏⁱˢᵒᵘʳᶜᵉ, page A23

Origin

From statutory + board.

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APA

statutory board. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/statutory%20board

MLA

“statutory board.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/statutory%20board. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “statutory board,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/statutory%20board.

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