法定(ほうてい)

ほうてい
noun, no-adjective
legal; statutory; prescribed by law
formallegallaw
1. legal; statutory; prescribed by law
Fixed or required by law. Used almost only as the first part of compounds such as 法定速度(ほうていそくど) (legal speed limit) and 法定労働時間(ほうていろうどうじかん) (statutory working hours).
法定速度(ほうていそくど)を守(まも)る。
to keep to the legal speed limit
法定労働時間(ほうていろうどうじかん)は一日(いちにち)八時間(はちじかん)だ。
The statutory working day is eight hours.
On ordinary roads without speed signs, the legal limit is 60 km/h.

Compounds

  • 法定速度(ほうていそくど): legal speed limit (when no sign gives another)
  • 法定労働時間(ほうていろうどうじかん): statutory working hours
  • 法定相続人(ほうていそうぞくにん): legal heir
  • 法定代理人(ほうていだいりにん): legal representative, such as a parent for a minor
  • 法定伝染病(ほうていでんせんびょう): (former term) legally designated infectious disease

Watch out

法廷(ほうてい) (courtroom, court) has the same reading. 法定(ほうてい) is about what the law sets; 法廷(ほうてい) is the place where trials are held.