admissible

[ ad-mis-uh-buhl ]

adjective

1. that may be allowed or conceded; allowable:

   an admissible plan.

2. capable or worthy of being admitted:

   admissible evidence.

admissible

/ ədˈmɪsəbəl /

adjective

1. able or deserving to be considered or allowed
2. deserving to be admitted or allowed to enter
3. law (esp of evidence) capable of being or bound to be admitted in a court of law

Derived Forms

• adˌmissiˈbility, noun

Other Words From

• ad·missi·bili·ty ad·missi·ble·ness noun
• ad·missi·bly adverb
• nonad·missi·bili·ty noun
• nonad·missi·ble adjective
• nonad·missi·ble·ness noun
• nonad·missi·bly adverb
• unad·missi·ble adjective
• unad·missi·ble·ness noun
• unad·missi·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of admissible¹

1605–15; < Latin admiss- ( admission ) + -ible; or < French, formed from same elements

Example Sentences

If an improper Miranda warning is given, followed by a correct warning, a confession followed by the correct warning and waiver is admissible.

From The Daily Beast

What the Berkeley Protocol illustrates is the tug of war between what the International Criminal Court deems as admissible evidence and crowdsourced efforts to collect this evidence.

From MIT Technology Review

It takes evidence that is admissible in court under strict federal rules.

From Time

Judge Regina Chu ruled that Wright’s alleged prior acts will not be admissible during trial unless the defense can prove that Potter knew about them at the time of the shooting.

From The Daily Beast

While the test results aren’t admissible in court, they’re accurate as long as the sample is taken correctly.

From Popular-Science

And for Sarkozy, whether his presidential diaries are admissible as evidence or protected by his presidential immunity is key.

From The Daily Beast

If somehow the Tsarnaev brothers were detected by a drone, would that be admissible in court?

From The Daily Beast

Such statements are often admissible under exceptions to the law that otherwise forbids the use of hearsay at trial.

From The Daily Beast

Variety is admissible only in addition to the original exercise, but should not be substituted for it.

From Project Gutenberg

Oral evidence is admissible to prove the fraud or mistake; it must, however, be clear before a court will grant relief.

From Project Gutenberg

The younger Brethren—whose number is unlimited—are admissible at the pleasure of the court.

From Project Gutenberg

All the canons were counts, and were not admissible, till they had proved sixteen quarters of nobility.

From Project Gutenberg

It is one of those impossibilities which only the levity of a superficial reason can regard as admissible.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• allowed
• justifiable
• permissible
• pertinent
• relevant