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Practicable means feasible or capable of being done. The term is commonly used in statutes to indicate when, how, or if something should be done. For example:

• In Washington, Rule CrRLJ 3.1 states, �when a person has been arrested he or she shall as soon as practicable be advised of the right to a lawyer.�
• Section 5774 of the California Food and Agriculture Code states, in reference to aerial applications of pesticides for pest control measures, �notice shall be delivered by hand distribution whenever practicable. If it is not practicable to provide notice by hand distribution, then notice may be accomplished by first-class mail so long as the affected residents and physicians receive the notice within the time limits prescribed in this article.�
• In Oklahoma, �no sewer or water line shall run diagonally through private property when it is�practicable, without injury to the sewer or water line, to construct it parallel with one of the exterior lines of such property; nor shall any public sewer or public water line be constructed through private property when it is�practicable�to construct it along or through a street, alley or other public highway,� according to Section 37-208 of the municipal code.