Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Amenable to law; subject to judicial trial: as, a justiceable offender.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Liable to trial in a court of justice.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Liable to
trial in acourt ofjustice .
Etymologies
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justice + -able
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Examples
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Guild of Editors to make the National Assembly consider it wise to make the socio economic rights of Nigerians justiceable and included in the planned amendment of the 1999 constitution.
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Guild of Editors to make the National Assembly consider it wise to make the socio economic rights of Nigerians justiceable and included in the planned amendment of the 1999 constitution.
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With respect to election petition and following the recommendation of the Uwais panel, government supported calls for internal democracy within parties, but called for a reworking of the laws to make disputes arising from party 'primaries justiceable in courts.
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