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statutable, a.|ˈstætjuːtəb(ə)l|
[f. statute n. + -able.]
1. Prescribed, authorized, or permitted by statute.
1636Featly Clavis Myst. viii. 99, I have no commission..to make privie search for concealed Idols, or vailed Impudency, or statuable Usurie. 1713Guardian No. 108 ⁋2 Five Foot..is the statutable Measure of that Club. 1723Swift Argt. agst. Power Bishops Wks. 1761 III. 260 There is but one instance in the memory of man of a bishop's lease being broken upon the plea of not being statutable. 1798Evelyn Weights & Meas. in Phil. Trans. LXXXVIII. 167 Although they do not carry with them..any statuteable authority. 1868Milman St. Paul's xi. 260 How were they in the custody of the Archdeacon, not of the Treasurer, their statutable guardian? 1870W. R. Greg Polit. Problems 299 On an average, the family of the labourer will comprise three members above the statutable age—frequently more.
2. Conformed to the requirements of the statutes as to quality, size, or amount. † Also transf., of regular or standard quality; that will pass muster.
a1661Fuller Worthies, Essex (1662) 318 Hops..being adjudged wholesome, if Statuable and unmixed with any powder, dust, dross, [etc.]. 1664Evelyn Sylva xxviii. §8 (1679) 149 Statutable Billet should hold three foot in length [etc.]. 1667Dryden Sir M. Mar-all Prol. 6 Fops in the Town more easily will pass; One story makes a statutable Ass: But such in Plays must be much thicker sown. 1676Mace Musick's Mon. 28 Those Ancient (former denominated) Statutable Wages of 8, 10, or 12 l. a year. 1742–3Bp. Sherlock in Johnson's Debates (1787) II. 448 So every part of the kingdom will be equally debauched, and no place will be without a vender of Statutable poison. 1758Borlase Nat. Hist. Cornw. 88 Twenty bushels of wheat..on one statutable acre of ground. 1762Sterne Tr. Shandy V. xxvii, My father put on his spectacles, looked,—took them off,—put them into the case,—all in less than a statutable minute. 1774Pennant Tour Scot. in 1772, 321 A cooper examines if they are statutable and good. 1800Marq. Wellesley in Owen Desp. (1877) 702 The conveyance..of such goods..beyond the amount of the statutable tonnage of 3,000 tons. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. i. 26 Persons..were punishable if they refused to work at the statutable rate of payment.
b. In university use: Satisfying the requirements of the university statutes.
1687Bp. Cartwright in Magd. Coll. (O.H.S.) 122 Was he a statutable person? a1715Burnet Own Time iv. (1724) I. 699 The Fellows..did upon this choose Dr. Hough,..who..was in all respects a statutable man. 1794in Burke's Corr. (1844) IV. 240 Nothing could be more unseasonable..than to appoint to the provostship any man who is not..a statutable, academical character. 1868M. Pattison Academ. Org. iv. 88 No college can undertake to say what is or is not now statutable. 1880Fowler Locke i. 9 The statutable time of taking both degrees was anticipated. 1882Nature XXVII. 47 Mr. Minty..being over the statutable age, was not eligible for a scholarship.
3. Of an offence: Recognized by statute; legally punishable.
1792W. Roberts Looker-On No. 3 (1794) I. 29 Though nonsense is not statutable among us, yet we are not afraid of its going to any great lengths under the evident disadvantages of order and tranquillity. 1864Daily Tel. 8 June, Hoaxing is not a statutable offence.
Hence ˈstatutableness.
1687Dr. Hough in Magd. Coll. (O.H.S.) 127 The legality and Statutableness of my Election. 1727Bailey vol. II., Statutableness, the being according to the Statute, relating to the Matter. |