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

Religions have sometimes been divided into national or traditional, as distinguished from individual or statutable religion.

From Chips From A German Workshop, Vol. V. Miscellaneous Later Essays by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)

Those, which are rather conclusions of legal reason than matters of statutable provision, belong to universal equity, and are universally applicable.

From Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke by Burke, Edmund

The statutable stipend of the Master was only £12 a year, though he had some other allowances, the total amount of which was equally trivial.

From St. John's College, Cambridge by New, E. H. (Edmund Hort)

Toward the end of the year he was again imprisoned in Newgate for six months, the statutable penalty for refusing to take the oath of allegiance, which was maliciously tendered to him by a magistrate.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

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