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grantable, a.|ˈgrɑːntəb(ə)l, -æ-|
[f. grant v. + -able.]
Capable of being granted.
1548Gest Pr. Masse in H. G. Dugdale Life App. i. (1840) 81 Thee sayd bread and wine reteygne styl theyr own natures, whyche is grantable. 1565Act 8 Eliz. c. 4 §3 The former Offence wherein Clergy is not Grantable being not then known. 1648D. Jenkins Wks. 15 No priviledge of Parliament is grantable for treason. 1690Leybourn Curs. Math. 225 The Principles of Geometry, consisting of Definitions, Postulates, (or grantable Truths) [etc.]. 1765Blackstone Comm. I. 258 These letters are grantable by the law of nations. 1798Malthus Popul. ii. xi. (1806) II. 52 Lands which were not cultivated by the proprietor within a limited time were declared grantable to any other person. 1869Act 32 & 33 Vict. c. 115 §11 Any Licence grantable by a Secretary of State..may..be granted by the Commissioner. 1879Edin. Rev. CL. 551 In America new trials became grantable, but in England not. |