Definition of Mailable

1. a. Admissible lawfully into the mail.

Definition of Mailable

1. Adjective. That can be (legally) sent by mail. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mailable

1. mail [adj] - See also: mail

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mailable

mail fraud
mail merge
mail order
mail out
mail pouch
mail relay
mail service
mail slot
mail slots
mail stop
mail stops
mail train
mail truck
mailabilities
mailability
mailable (current term)
mailbag
mailbags
mailboat
mailboats
mailbomb
mailbombed
mailbombing
mailbox
mailboxes
mailcart
mailcarts
mailclad
maildrop
maildrops

Literary usage of Mailable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Federal Criminal Law Procedure by William Hawley Atwell (1916)
"Obscene, etc., matter non- mailable. 212. Libelous and indecent wrappers and ... Poisons and explosives non- mailable. 218. Counterfeiting money orders. ..."

2. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1892)
"The effect of this provision is to declare what is non-mailable matter, and to subject the sender of such by mail to a penalty. ..."

3. A Treatise on Federal Criminal Law Procedure: With Forms of Indictment by William Hawley Atwell (1911)
"Obscene Matter, Etc., Non-mailable, and Penalties: 3893—211. 54. ... Lottery, Gift Enterprises, Circulars, Etc., not mailable: 3894; I Sup., 803; II Sup., ..."

4. Hearings Before the Postal Commission by United States Postal commission. [from old catalog], Boies Penrose, Library of Congress Division of Bibliography (1907)
"He asked what I meant by mailable matter. I say there is certain matter that is not mailable: a bottle of ink, for instance. The VICE-CHAIRMAN. ..."

5. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1890)
"The indictment does not set forth the contents of the letter which is alleged to be obscene, lewd, lascivious and non-mailable, nor does it describe said ..."

6. Federal Decisions: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme, Circuit and by William G. Myer, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"Non-mailable Matter. SUMMARY — Letters and circulars concerning laiteries; evidence, §,? 956, 937; laws apply to sealed letters, and are valid, § 958. ..."

7. Defences to Crime: The Adjudged Cases on Defences to Crime by John Davison Lawson (1885)
"... or language put upon the envelope containing it, it thereby becomes non-mailable, and the person depositing it in the mail thereby commits a crime. ..."

8. Parcels Post by United States Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Post Roads (1911)
"Well, if the bill is enacted they will be mailable. Mr. GARDNER. You mean they must first be made up in the proper form to be a mailable package ? ..."

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