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statutable

[stach-oo-tuh-buh l]
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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Origin of statutable

First recorded in 1630–40; statute + -able
Related formsnon·stat·u·ta·ble, adjective
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Examples from the Web for statutable

Historical Examples of statutable

  • The decreasing value of the statutable stipends in the xvii c. led to the adoption (in 1630) of the new scale of payments.

    Cambridge

    Mildred Anna Rosalie Tuker

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

    Thoughts on African Colonization

    William Lloyd Garrison

  • The statutable time of taking both degrees was anticipated, but irregularities of this kind were not then infrequent.

    Locke

    Thomas Fowler

British Dictionary definitions for statutable

statutable

adjective
  1. a variant of statutory (def. 2), statutory (def. 3)
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Derived Formsstatutably, adverb
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