triable

[ trahy-uh-buhl ]

1. subject or liable to judicial trial.

triable

/ ˈtraɪəbəl /

adjective

1. 1. liable to be tried judicially
   2. subject to examination or determination by a court of law
2. rare.
   able to be tested

Derived Forms

• ˈtriableness, noun

Other Words From

• un·tria·ble adjective
• un·tria·ble·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of triable¹

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

Example Sentences

This is a new right and not necessarily triable by jury in State courts.

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The present position is therefore that espionage has been made by statute a military offense triable by court-martial.

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No suit shall be triable after the lapse of fifteen years from the date of the act giving rise to the suit.

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Various offences hitherto only triable at Assizes, transferred to the jurisdiction of Quarter Sessions.

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In a word, an error in morals is triable only if it is also an error in belief.

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