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justiciable

[ juh-stish-ee-uh-buhl, -stish-uh-buhl ]

adjective

, Law.
  1. capable of being settled by law or by the action of a court:

    a justiciable dispute.



justiciable

/ dʒʌˈstɪʃɪəbəl /

adjective

  1. capable of being determined by a court of law
  2. liable to be brought before a court for trial; subject to jurisdiction
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • jusˌticiaˈbility, noun
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Other Words From

  • jus·tici·a·bili·ty noun
  • nonjus·tici·a·bili·ty noun
  • nonjus·tici·a·ble adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of justiciable1

1400–50; late Middle English < Anglo-French < Medieval Latin jūstitiābilis. See justice, -able
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Example Sentences

Even if this man were always the justiciable of a court that had passed into private hands, we could still understand it.

He was not only his lords man but his lords justiciable and probably attended some court outside the hundred.

President Taft's policy of submitting justiciable controversies between nations to arbitration was indorsed.

In federal states the power of the judge is naturally decreased, and that of the justiciable parties is augmented.

First—Issues that can be decided on principles of international law and equity, called justiciable.

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