suable
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- suability noun
- suably adverb
Etymology
Origin of suable
Example Sentences
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In this business, the lawyer’s commodity is the suable celebrity.
From Slate • May 4, 2018
Because he created in his song a suable offense.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2015
It required unions to register and lay bare their finances and made them suable for contract violations.
From Time Magazine Archive
When do notes payable on demand, or in which no time of payment is mentioned, become due and suable?
From The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. by Young, Andrew W.
Hence, a note payable on the first day of the month is not due and suable until the fourth.
From The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. by Young, Andrew W.
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