unstatutableadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈstatʃʊtəbl/,

/(ˌ)ʌnˈstatjʊtəbl/, U.S.

/ˌənˈstætʃudəb(ə)l/,

/ˌənˈstætʃədəb(ə)l/

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1b.

Not in accordance with, contrary to, a statute or statutes.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > rule of law > illegality > [adjective] > not according to statute

unstatutable1634

1634 W. Laud Wks. (1857) VI. 388 That they use not long, undecent hair,..nor any other like unstatutable novelty.

1691 Case of Exeter-Coll. 22 These severe and unstatutable proceedings.

1723 J. Swift Some Arguments against Power of Bishops 14 In the present Bishop of Meath's Case, that Plea did not avail, although the Lease were notoriously unstatutable.

1794 E. Burke Corr. IV. 237 A deputation to remonstrate against an unstatutable arrangement proposed for the succession to the provostship.

1851 J. B. Mozley Lett. 208 The President has summarily squashed the whole scheme, on the ground of being unstatutable.

Derivatives

unˈstatutably adv.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > rule of law > illegality > [adverb] > not in accordance with statutes

unstatutably1688

1688 in J. R. Bloxham Magdalen Coll. & James II (1886) (modernized text) 224 The one being unstatutably admitted.

1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius (1726) xxvii. 147 That he governs his college arbitrarily, unjustly, and unstatutably.

1876 Encycl. Brit. V. 228/2 The establishment of ‘vicars’, or, as they are now more usually but unstatutably called, ‘minor canons’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unstatutable
释义	unstatutableadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈstatʃʊtəbl/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈstatjʊtəbl/, U.S. /ˌənˈstætʃudəb(ə)l/, /ˌənˈstætʃədəb(ə)l/ Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1b. Not in accordance with, contrary to, a statute or statutes. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > illegality > [adjective] > not according to statute unstatutable1634 1634 W. Laud Wks. (1857) VI. 388 That they use not long, undecent hair,..nor any other like unstatutable novelty. 1691 Case of Exeter-Coll. 22 These severe and unstatutable proceedings. 1723 J. Swift Some Arguments against Power of Bishops 14 In the present Bishop of Meath's Case, that Plea did not avail, although the Lease were notoriously unstatutable. 1794 E. Burke Corr. IV. 237 A deputation to remonstrate against an unstatutable arrangement proposed for the succession to the provostship. 1851 J. B. Mozley Lett. 208 The President has summarily squashed the whole scheme, on the ground of being unstatutable. Derivatives unˈstatutably adv. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > illegality > [adverb] > not in accordance with statutes unstatutably1688 1688 in J. R. Bloxham Magdalen Coll. & James II (1886) (modernized text) 224 The one being unstatutably admitted. 1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius (1726) xxvii. 147 That he governs his college arbitrarily, unjustly, and unstatutably. 1876 Encycl. Brit. V. 228/2 The establishment of ‘vicars’, or, as they are now more usually but unstatutably called, ‘minor canons’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1634
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