warrantable

adjective3

1. •
   Justifiable, just, proper.
2. •
   Authorized by warrant or right.
3. •
   Of animals: having reached a sufficient age to be hunted.

   • They are the droppings of the beast pursued. The harbourer keeps them in his horn, to show to his master, and can tell by them whether it is a warrantable beast or otherwise, and what state it is in. — 1958