illeviable

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From il- +‎ leviable.

Adjective[edit]

illeviable (comparative more illeviable, superlative most illeviable)

  1. (obsolete) Not leviable; incapable of being collected or imposed.
    • 1713, [Matthew Hale], “Concerning the Progress of the Laws of England after the Time of King William I. until the Time of King Edward II.”, in The History of the Common Law of England: […], [London]: […] J[ohn] Nutt, assignee of Edw[ard] Sayer Esq; for J. Walthoe, […], →OCLC, page 163:
      He [Edward I of England] rectified and ſet in Order the Method of collecting his Revenue in the Exchequer, and removed obſolete and illeviable Parts thereof out of Charge; […]

References[edit]

“illeviable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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