statutable

American  

[stach-oo-tuh-buhl] / ˈstætʃ ʊ tə bəl /

adjective

1. (of an offense) recognized by statute; legally punishable.

2. prescribed, authorized, or permitted by statute.

   the statutable age of a voter.

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statutable British  

/ ˈstætjʊtəbəl /

adjective

1. a variant of statutory statutory

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Other Word Forms

• nonstatutable adjective
• statutably adverb

Etymology

Origin of statutable

First recorded in 1630–40; statute + -able

Example Sentences

This recognition is not merely technical, or strictly confined to a statutable interpretation.

From Thoughts on African Colonization by Garrison, William Lloyd

Some of the professors, no doubt, do lecture in a statutable manner.

From Aspects of Modern Oxford by Godley, A. D. (Alfred Denis)

The great man had the audacity to invoke the law to compel her to return, as she had not given statutable notice of her flight.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

Similarly, in a warrant for the payment to him in November, 1617, of the statutable bounty of 700 crowns for his construction of the Destiny, an erasure precedes his name.

From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by Stebbing, W. (William)

For grammar the statutable amount was eightpence, for natural philosophy fourpence, and for logic threepence per term, and it was usual to reckon four terms to the year.

From The Customs of Old England by Snell, F. J. (Frederick John)