triable

[ trahy-uh-buhl ]

/ ˈtraɪ ə bəl /

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subject or liable to judicial trial.

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Origin of triable

1400–50; late Middle English <Anglo-French. See try, -able

OTHER WORDS FROM triable

un·tri·a·ble, adjectiveun·tri·a·ble·ness, noun

Words nearby triable

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How to use triable in a sentence

This is a new right and not necessarily triable by jury in State courts.
Proceedings, Third National Conference Workmen's Compensation for Industrial Accidents|Various
The present position is therefore that espionage has been made by statute a military offense triable by court-martial.
The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915|Various
No suit shall be triable after the lapse of fifteen years from the date of the act giving rise to the suit.
Studies in Moro History, Law, and Religion|Najeeb M. Saleeby
Various offences hitherto only triable at Assizes, transferred to the jurisdiction of Quarter Sessions.
Worcestershire in the Nineteenth Century|T. C. Turberville

In a word, an error in morals is triable only if it is also an error in belief.
Medival Heresy and the Inquisition|A. S. Turberville

British Dictionary definitions for triable

triable

/ (ˈtraɪəbəl) /

adjective

liable to be tried judicially
subject to examination or determination by a court of law

rare able to be tested

Derived forms of triable

triableness, noun

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