assignable

[ uh-sahy-nuh-buhl ]

/ əˈsaɪ nə bəl /

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adjective

capable of being specified: The word has no assignable meaning in our language.

capable of being attributed: This work is assignable to a 12th-century poet.

Law. capable of being assigned.

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Origin of assignable

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at assign, -able

as·sign·a·bil·i·ty, nounas·sign·a·bly, adverbnon·as·sign·a·bil·i·ty, nounnon·as·sign·a·ble, adjective

non·as·sign·a·bly, adverbun·as·sign·a·ble, adjectiveun·as·sign·a·bly, adverb

This is a conquered city, virtually if not nominally in a state of siege, without assignable period.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
But, as no assignable sense has been found for valance, I can only suppose that it is an error for falance or fallance.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
Moreover, most cases of squint arise without directly assignable causes.
Schweigger on Squint|C. Schweigger
That the number of sub-divisions is definite and assignable, there being a limit beyond which it cannot be carried.
Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume III (of 4)|George Grote

Some children, however, are liable to attacks of nose-bleed coming on without any assignable causes.
The Physical Life of Woman:|Dr. George H Napheys