admissible

[ad-mis-uh-buh l]

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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

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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

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Examples from the Web for admissible

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
No shadow of doubt as to this was admissible in the face of the accumulating evidence, he told himself.
The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush|Francis Lynde

Neither Old English nor German text are admissible in invitations.
Our Deportment|John H. Young
Therefore, such interpretation is not admissible as would make a stipulation meaningless or inefficient.
International Law. A Treatise. Volume I (of 2)|Lassa Francis Oppenheim
Any other arrangement called for by the peculiar circumstances of the school is admissible.
Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools|Ministry of Education Ontario
But surely conclusions of this kind are admissible only when a number of examples can be adduced.
The Heroic Age|H. Munro Chadwick

British Dictionary definitions for admissible

admissible

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 Formsadmissibility or admissibleness, noun

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Word Origin and History for admissible

admissible

adj.

1610s, from Middle French admissible, from past participle stem of Latin admittere (see admit). Legal sense is recorded from 1849.

admissible

adjective

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