We don't think it is a very good idea, because a voluntary monopoly is worse than a statutory monopoly because there is no control over it.

The Boy Scouts Association encouraged its branches to seek control of the Scout Movement by obtaining statutory monopolies from respective governments.

Some countries create a statutory monopoly, while other recognise effective monopolies through regulations.

Within the state sector, the statutory public monopoly of electricity supply and express delivery service has been ended.

In some countries a statutory or government-granted monopoly was created, which was controlled by legislation (for example Eskom in South Africa).

This had abolished the corporations' statutory monopoly on principal domestic and international scheduled routes.

It brought in new financial controls to limit spending and borrowing, and introduced competition by weakening the statutory monopolies of some of the major public services.

It is also noteworthy that Hill was vehemently opposed to the statutory monopoly.

A legal monopoly, statutory monopoly, or de jure monopoly is a monopoly that is protected by law from competition.

The German Federal Office for Employment (Bundesanstalt) possessed a statutory monopoly on placing employees with employers.