admissible

[ ad-mis-uh-buhl ]

/ ædˈmɪs ə bəl /

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adjective

that may be allowed or conceded; allowable: an admissible plan.

capable or worthy of being admitted: admissible evidence.

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Origin of admissible

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

OTHER WORDS FROM admissible

ad·mis·si·bil·i·ty, ad·mis·si·ble·ness, nounad·mis·si·bly, adverbnon·ad·mis·si·bil·i·ty, nounnon·ad·mis·si·ble, adjective

non·ad·mis·si·ble·ness, nounnon·ad·mis·si·bly, adverbun·ad·mis·si·ble, adjectiveun·ad·mis·si·ble·ness, nounun·ad·mis·si·bly, adverb

Words nearby admissible

Admiralty Range, admiration, admire, admirer, admiring, admissible, admission, admissive, admit, admittance, admittedly

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How to use admissible in a sentence

If an improper Miranda warning is given, followed by a correct warning, a confession followed by the correct warning and waiver is admissible.
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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.
The online volunteers hunting for war crimes in Ukraine|Tanya Basu|March 16, 2022|MIT Technology Review
It takes evidence that is admissible in court under strict federal rules.
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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.
The Chauvin Case Was a Slam Dunk. The Kim Potter Trial Could Be a Fiasco.|Pilar Melendez|December 8, 2021|The Daily Beast

While the test results aren’t admissible in court, they’re accurate as long as the sample is taken correctly.
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And for Sarkozy, whether his presidential diaries are admissible as evidence or protected by his presidential immunity is key.
New Phone-Tapping Scandal Plagues Sarkozy|Tracy McNicoll|March 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If somehow the Tsarnaev brothers were detected by a drone, would that be admissible in court?
When Drones Come to America, What Happens Then?|Miranda Green|May 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Such statements are often admissible under exceptions to the law that otherwise forbids the use of hearsay at trial.
Drew Peterson's Cold Heart|Wendy Murphy|May 8, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Variety is admissible only in addition to the original exercise, but should not be substituted for it.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
Oral evidence is admissible to prove the fraud or mistake; it must, however, be clear before a court will grant relief.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
The younger Brethren—whose number is unlimited—are admissible at the pleasure of the court.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands|R.M. Ballantyne
All the canons were counts, and were not admissible, till they had proved sixteen quarters of nobility.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808|Lt-Col. Pinkney
It is one of those impossibilities which only the levity of a superficial reason can regard as admissible.
The Profits of Religion|Upton Sinclair

British Dictionary definitions for admissible

admissible

/ (ədˈmɪsəbəl) /

adjective

able or deserving to be considered or allowed

deserving to be admitted or allowed to enter

law (esp of evidence) capable of being or bound to be admitted in a court of law

Derived forms of admissible

admissibility or admissibleness, noun

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