contravenableadj.
/kɒntrəˈviːnəb(ə)l/ That can be contravened.
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society > law > [adjective] > various epithets applied to laws
vagabondc1485
strait1503
strict1578
unrelaxable1615
sanguinary1625
standard1660
formal1701
supplementary1714
eludible1735
organic1831
antinomic1849
loopy1856
antinomical1877
contravenable1880
violable1885
nexal1886
entrenched1920
hard1935
society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [adjective] > of a law: violated > able to be violated
contravenable1880
violable1885
1880 J. Muirhead in tr. Gaius Institutes iv. 269 (note) There probably was one [legis actio] for every law that was contravenable.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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