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triable

[ trahy-uh-buhl ]

  1. subject or liable to judicial trial.


triable

/ ˈtraɪəbəl /

adjective

    1. liable to be tried judicially
    2. subject to examination or determination by a court of law
  1. rare.
    able to be tested
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈtriableness, noun
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Other Words From

  • un·tria·ble adjective
  • un·tria·ble·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of triable1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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