triable
Americanadjective
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liable to be tried judicially
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subject to examination or determination by a court of law
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rare able to be tested
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Doe also demanded a trial by jury on all triable claims.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2024
"Taken as a whole, a triable issue exists as to whether these writings created an enforceable promise that Google would not collect users' data while they browsed privately," Rogers wrote.
From Reuters • Aug. 8, 2023
“This was a triable case when I left.”
From Washington Times • Mar. 24, 2023
“There is a triable issue as to whether the person who rejected Brown’s application knew about his discrimination complaint at the relevant time,” the appeals court ruling said.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 7, 2021
When people desert their connections, the desertion is a manifest fact, upon which a direct simple issue lies, triable by plain men.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund
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