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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Capable of being exacted; demandable; requirable.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective rare That may be exacted; repairable.

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  • adjective That may be exacted; demandable; requirable.

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Examples

  • Michael Agelastes, big, burly, and dressed like an ancient Cynic philosopher, was distinguished by assuming, in a great measure, the ragged garb and mad bearing of that sect, and by his inflexible practice of the strictest ceremonies exigible by the Imperial family.

    Count Robert of Paris 2008

  • Money is frequently sunk in France upon what are called Contracts for the constitution of a rent; that is, perpetual annuities redeemable at any time by the debtor upon repayment of the sum originally advanced, but of which this redemption is not exigible by the creditor except in particular cases.

    II. Book V. Of the Sources of the General or Public Revenue of the Society 1909

  • The paper currencies of North America consisted, not in bank notes payable to the bearer on demand, but in a government paper, of which the payment was not exigible till several years after it was issued: And though the colony governments paid no interest to the holders of this paper, they declared it to be, and in fact rendered it, a legal tender of payment for the full value for which it was issued.

    II. Book II. Of Money Considered as a Particular Branch of the General Stock of the Society, or of the Expence of Maintaining the National Capital 1909

  • Such a paper money would, no doubt, fall more or less below the value of gold and silver, according as the difficulty or uncertainty of obtaining immediate payment was supposed to be greater or less; or according to the greater or less distance of time at which payment was exigible.

    II. Book II. Of Money Considered as a Particular Branch of the General Stock of the Society, or of the Expence of Maintaining the National Capital 1909

  • The tribute began to be exigible after the settlement in the promised land, and it was yearly repeated at one of the great feasts (Le 2: 14; 23: 10; 23: 15; Nu 28: 26; De 16: 9).

    Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

  • For as long before they had held Achnagart on the tenure of a bunch of heather exigible annually and their fighting services as good clansmen.

    Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places Archibald Forbes 1869

  • On a fait une taxe de cent mille ecus sur le bourgeois; et si on ne trouve point cette somme dans vingt-quatre heures, elle sera doublee et exigible par les soldats.

    democracy in America, volume 2 1838

  • On a fait une taxe de cent mille ecus sur le bourgeois; et si on ne trouve point cette somme dans vingt-quatre heures, elle sera doublee et exigible par les soldats.

    Democracy in America — Volume 2 Alexis de Tocqueville 1832

  • One goodly old man, named Michael Agelastes, big, burly, and dressed like an ancient Cynic philosopher, was distinguished by assuming, in a great measure, the ragged garb and mad bearing of that sect, and by his inflexible practice of the strictest ceremonies exigible by the

    Waverley Novels — Volume 12 Walter Scott 1801

  • We suppose this will rather overpay the instalments and interest due on the loans of eighteen, six, and ten millions, to the end of 1792; and we shall certainly use our utmost endeavors to make punctual payments of the instalments and interest hereafter becoming exigible, and to omit no opportunity of convincing that nation how cordially we wish to serve them.

    Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 Thomas Jefferson 1784

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