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

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

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

From Thoughts on African Colonization by Garrison, William Lloyd

Persons not possessed of other means of subsistence were punishable if they refused to work at the statutable rate of payment; and a clause in the act of Hen.

From The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) by Froude, James Anthony

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)

This he named the 'Destiny,' and he received no check in fitting her up to his desire; the King paid 700 crowns, as the usual statutable bounty on shipbuilding, without objection.

From Raleigh by Lang, Andrew