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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Authorized for issue or to be issued.
  • adjective Open to debate or litigation.
  • adjective Capable of being accrued.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Capable of issuing, or liable to be issued.
  • In law, pertaining to an issue or issues; that admits of issue being taken upon it; in which issues are made up: as, an issuable plea; an issuable term.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Leading to, producing, or relating to, an issue; capable of being made an issue at law.
  • adjective Lawful or suitable to be issued.
  • adjective (Law) a plea to the merits, on which the adverse party may take issue and proceed to trial.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective law Leading to, producing, or relating to, an issue; capable of being made an issue at law.
  • adjective law Lawful or suitable to be issued; as, a writ issuable on these grounds.

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