##  [Statutory Body](/index.php/statutory-body) 

  ##  [Statutory Body](https://social.quantumdictionary.io/statutory-body-0) 

  

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**Social Sciences Dictionary**

 







 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

Definition

An organization created or authorized by an enacted legislative statute whose legal powers, duties, structure and limits are defined in that statute; it operates under statutory authority or legal personality to perform specified public functions and to exercise powers granted by law.