judicable

American

[joo-di-kuh-buhl] / ˈdʒu dɪ kə bəl /

adjective

capable of being or liable to be judged or tried.

judicable British

/ ˈdʒuːdɪkəbəl /

adjective

capable of being judged, esp in a court of law

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Other Word Forms

nonjudicable adjective
unjudicable adjective

Etymology

Origin of judicable

1640–50; < Late Latin jūdicābilis, equivalent to jūdic ( āre ) to judge + -ābilis -able

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He added that this “opens new legal territory” and that “future decisions will need to take into account the Paris agreement targets, or they will be potentially judicable.”

From Washington Post

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