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judicable

judicable

9.9
A court can decide the case
  • adjective
  • /ˈdʒuːdɪkəbl/
  • Formal
translation icon : justiciable
  • Most interesting in the present context is the readiness of the Court to intervene in issues that previously had been considered manifestly political. Chief Justice Barak said starkly that "every issue is judicable" 19, such as appointment to public office and agreements between parties.

Examples

  • Only issues that are judicable can be resolved through the court system.

  • The case was deemed judicable by the judge due to its legal implications.

  • In a democratic society, every citizen should have access to judicable rights.

Synonyms

justiciable
vsjudicable
  • Formal
8.8

A court can decide the case

is broader and can apply to being decided outside courts
judgeable
vsjudicable
4.1

Clear enough so people can decide how good it is

is more tied to legal or formal decision than general assessment

Surface Forms

judicable positive

Morphology

judicable = judge (semi-transparent) = judic + able

The meaning 'able to be judged' is predictable from a known base word, but the Latin stem 'judic-' differs in form from the common English word 'judge', which may obscure the relation for many learners.

Etymology

Judicable comes from the root judic-, the same root behind judge and judicial, and it originally meant 'to judge'. So, something judicable is able to be judged or decided, often by a court.