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

Derived Forms

• jusˌticiaˈbility, noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of justiciable¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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