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Remain outside a coach as required by law (9)

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I believe the answer is:

statutory

'required by law' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'remain outside a coach' is the wordplay.
'remain' becomes 'stay' (synonyms).
'outside' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a coach' becomes 'tutor' ('tutor' can be a synonym of 'coach').
'stay' enclosing 'tutor' is 'STATUTORY'.

'as' is the link.

(Other definitions for statutory that I've seen before include "Required by written law" , "According to law" , "Relating to written law" , "Prescribed or authorised by law" , "Try-outs at being required by law" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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