单词 | statutable |
释义 | statutableadj. 1. That satisfies the requirements of a university statute (cf. statute n.1 1b). ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > university administration > [adjective] > satisfying statutes statutable1631 1631 W. Laud Jrnl. 23 Aug. in W. Prynne Breviate Life W. Laud (1644) 17 The Vicechancelor was forced in a Statutable way to appeale to the King. 1687 T. Cartwright in J. R. Bloxham Magdalen Coll. & James II (1886) (modernized text) 122 Was he a statutable person? a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 699 The Fellows..did upon this choose Dr. Hough,..who..was in all respects a statutable man. 1794 H. Grattan Let. 23 Sept. in E. Burke Corr. (1969) VIII. 19 Nothing could be more unseasonable..than to appoint to the Provostship any man who is not..a statuteable academical character. 1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation iv. 88 No college can undertake to say what is or is not now statutable. 1882 Nature 9 Nov. 47/1 Mr. Minty..being over the statutable age, was not eligible for a scholarship. 1911 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 22 Apr. 969/1 Dr. Reginald Wall and Dr. Theodore Acland have been co-opted as members of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine for the further statutable period of two years. 1986 I. G. Doolittle in L. S. Sutherland & L. G. Mitchell Hist. Univ. Oxf. V. ix. 242 His successor..told the seniors that unless they could show statutable cause for not taking the degree they would have to forfeit their standing. 2. That conforms to requirements prescribed by statute as to the quality, size, or amount of something. In early use also: †regular or standard; that passes muster (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > types of material generally > [adjective] > other types statuable1636 statutablea1661 rot-proof1849 commercialc1865 machinable1897 anechoic1956 society > law > rule of law > [adjective] > in accordance with the law > in conformity with statutes > specifically of goods statutablea1661 a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Essex 318 Hops..being adjudged wholesome, if Statutable and unmixed with any powder, dust, dross. 1668 J. Dryden Sr Martin Mar-all Prol. Fops in the Town more easily will pass; One story makes a statutable Ass: But such in Plays must be much thicker sown. 1676 T. Mace Musick's Monument 28 Those Ancient (former denominated) Statutable Wages of 8, 10, or 12 l. a year. 1758 W. Borlase Nat. Hist. Cornwall 88 Twenty bushels of wheat..on one statutable acre of ground. 1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy V. xxvii. 96 My father put on his spectacles—looked,—took them off,—put them into the case—all in less than a statutable minute. 1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 321 A cooper examines if they are statutable and good. 1800 Marquess Wellesley Let. 30 Sept. in Select. Despatches (1877) 702 It was also necessary to consider what provision should be made for the conveyance..of such goods..beyond the amount of the statutable tonnage of 3,000 tons. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. i. 26 Persons..were punishable if they refused to work at the statutable rate of payment. 1936 H. J. Laski Rise European Liberalism iii. 176 The journeyman will not sell his labour at the fixed or statutable price. 1994 D. M. Thompson in D. Owen Hist. Lincoln Minster vii. 287 The Subdean and Archdeacon did not so agree, but their successors agreed to limit themselves to the statutable income in 1899. 3. Enacted, prescribed, or appointed by statute. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > [adjective] > in accordance with the law > in conformity with statutes statutary1594 statutable1665 statutory1678 1665 D. Lloyd States-men & Favourites Eng. 662 A cunning man..sends for his Attorney-General Noy, and..bids him contrive the Mode, but a statutable one, for defraying the expence. 1713 J. Addison in Guardian 15 July 1/1 Five Foot..is the statutable Measure of that Club. 1723 J. Swift Some Arguments against Power of Bishops 14 There is but one Instance in the memory of Man, of a Bishop's Lease broken upon the Plea of not being Statutable. 1798 G. S. Evelyn Weights & Meas. in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 88 167 Although they do not carry with them..any statuteable authority. 1868 H. H. Milman Ann. St. Paul's Cathedral xi. 260 How were they in the custody of the Archdeacon, not of the Treasurer, their statutable guardian? 1907 Musical Times Jan. 14/2 The organist at St. Paul's was not a statutable officer, unless he held a vice-choralship. 1983 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 77 18 The coastal state acts as an agent of the international community or at least as its statutable benefactor. 4. Of an offence or crime: established or regulated by statute or statutory law; legally punishable. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [adjective] > types of crime generally > types of offence according to punishment penalc1443 capital?1531 purgeable1644 transportable1769 statutable1782 unclergyable1817 non-clergyable1826 extraditable1887 sanctionable1927 imprisonable1971 1782 G. R. Fitzgerald Appeal to Public 330 This statute..commutes the crime of high-treason into that of a mere common, statutable offence. 1792 W. Roberts Looker-on No. 3. 18 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. 1839 Times 19 Nov. 7/4 The defendant was guilty of a statutable offence. 1876 Accountant 24 June 5/2 At the time of the arrest the statutable felony had not been actually committed. 1903 Westm. Rev. Aug. 125 We have seen in our own day a statutable crime invented under the uncanny name of ‘reasonable suspicion’, in order to get at political opponents. 1920 W. De Morgan Old Man's Youth & Young Man's Age xxxv. 386 I do feel that catechism on passages should be a statutable offence. DerivativesΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > [noun] > legality or conformity with the law > conformity to statutes statutableness1687 1687 J. Hough in J. R. Bloxham Magdalen Coll. & James II (1886) (modernized text) 127 The legality and Statutableness of my Election. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Statutableness, the being according to the Statute, relating to the Matter. 1758 J. Bridle Let. to Reverend Dr. Lowth i. 21 The only Objections..to the Expediency or Statutableness of the Method of Election now under Consideration, were from an anonymous printed Paper. 1817 Appeal King's Coll. against Fellows of Eton (Univ. Cambr.) 81 The uninterrupted practice of upwards of four centuries will bear out the assertion of its..statutableness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1631 |
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