adjective
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capable of issuing or being issued
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law open to debate or litigation
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authorized to be issued
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The benefit of the writ of habeas corpus, which, though issuable at common law, really first took its present shape in 1679, by the Act of 31 Charles II, Chap.
From The American Judiciary by Baldwin, Simeon E., LLD
The tale was decreased from 134 to 132 pieces, to be struck from the libbra of the same standard, and issuable at the same equivalence.
From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by Shaw, William Arthur
Telegraph and cable transfers are readily issuable by the telegraph companies themselves.
From The Express Companies of the United States A Study of a Public Utility by Benedict, Bert
On July 31, 1914, just before the war, Dominion notes were issuable without limit, providing the amount over $30,000,000 was covered by gold.
From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Phillips, Chester Arthur
Procedure is procedure, and no writ of injunction was either issuable or returnable on a legal holiday, when no courts were sitting.
From The Titan by Dreiser, Theodore
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