statutable

[stach-oo-tuh-buhl]

adjective

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

2. prescribed, authorized, or permitted by statute.

   the statutable age of a voter.

statutable

/ ˈstætjʊtəbəl /

adjective

1. a variant of statutory statutory

Other Word Forms

• nonstatutable adjective
• statutably adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of statutable¹

First recorded in 1630–40; statute + -able

Example Sentences

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

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My father put on his spectacles—looked,—took them off,—put them into the case—all in less than a statutable minute; and without opening his lips, turned about and walked precipitately down stairs: my mother imagined he had stepped down for lint and basilicon; but seeing him return with a couple of folios under his arm, and Obadiah following him with a large reading-desk, she took it for granted ’twas an herbal, and so drew him a chair to the bedside, that he might consult upon the case at his ease.

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Pre'thee do not Balderno, ye should say; Speak Statutable English, ye Fool you.

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On the morning of Saturday, April 19, probably but little after nine o'clock, the statutable time for the opening of the Library, some zealous student stood at the door, but could get no further.

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The statutable penalty for any wilful mutilation or abstraction of any book, or portion of a book, is immediate expulsion from the Library and University, 'sine ulla spe regressûs.'

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