triable
1
6.5
- adjective
- /ˈtraɪəbl/
- Formal
:
justiciable
- I said I would not permit this because the quality of the iPhone (and of related Apple products, primarily the iPad) and consumers' regard for it have, so far as the record shows, nothing to do with the handful of patent claims that I had ruled presented triable issues of infringement.
- a triable issue
Examples
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If they had a solid, triable case, they went ahead and tried the defendant and—more likely than not—got a conviction.
Blog text (32) -
The dissenting justices agreed with the legal standards adopted by the majority, but would have found a triable issue of fact precluding summary judgment.
Academic text (2016) -
Under such circumstances, "No court has found even a triable issue of 'employee' status," stated the firm's brief.
Academic text (2002) -
Mr. Larkin: Well, any man in any branch of service, I suppose, who violated the law of war would be triable by a military tribunal or a courts martial, which is not acting as a courts martial but a military tribunal.
Academic text (2018) -
The act gave the president authority to establish such tribunals to "try alien unlawful enemy combatants engaged in hostilities against the United States for violations of the laws of war and other offenses triable by military commission."
Academic text (2007) -
Beyoncé has attempted to have the lawsuit dismissed on two occasions, but the New York appeals court said on Thursday that there were "triable issues" as to whether the singer had breached the licensing deal between her and Gate Five.
Blog text (12) -
Justice John Paul Stevens noted that the court's remand did not disturb the 9th Circuit's "correct" holding that "there was a triable issue of fact with respect to whether US Airways violated the statute by failing to engage in an interactive process" on potential accommodations.
Academic text (2002) -
The judge, who heard arguments Monday and issued her ruling on Wednesday, said there are triable issues regarding who owns the portrait as well as a napkin drawing featuring a montage of hearts that O'Neal says Warhol inscribed to him and to Fawcett.
Blog text (18) -
True, neither has presented sufficient evidence of damages to withstand summary judgment—but that is not because damages are impossible to calculate with reasonable certainty and are therefore an inadequate remedy; it's because the parties have failed to present enough evidence to create a triable issue.
Blog text (24) -
The lawyer presented sufficient evidence to show there was a triable issue in the case.
Synonyms
A court can decide the case
A court can decide the case
How Triable
- Formal
1
6.5
- Formal
1
9.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Triable comes from the word trial, a legal hearing, and means 'able to be tried' in court. So when a case is triable it can be examined and decided by a judge or jury.