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admissible

admissible

42 6.8
Allowed or accepted, especially as evidence in court
  • adjective
  • /ədˈmɪsəbl/
  • Formal
translation icon : admisible
  • A polygraph is not admissible in court.
  • admissible evidence
  • admissible testimony
  • admissible in court

It's discoverable and it may be admissible in court.

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Examples

  • Very little of this material would be admissible as evidence in any judicial environment.

    Blog text (3)
  • By 9 votes to 7, the Court held the fourth counterclaim admissible.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Otherwise nothing we learn will be admissible in court.

  • It's not admissible in court.

  • I may believe it and you may believe it, but it's just not admissible in a court of law.

  • The judge has not decided whether this tape is admissible as evidence.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • So long as the evidence is admissible at the preliminary hearing, it may later be introduced at trial.

    Academic text (2016)
  • His memory's admissible as evidence.

  • This establishes inevitable discovery and makes all of the evidence admissible.

  • Both DNA and fingerprint analysis are admissible in court because they produce so few false positives.

Synonyms

acceptable
vsadmissible
477 2.5

Good enough for a particular use or standard

concerns legal evidence validity rather than general adequacy or quality
permissible
vsadmissible
37 4.1

Allowed by law, rules, or custom

is specific to being valid as evidence in court rather than broadly allowed
allowable
vsadmissible
13 2.7

Rules or laws permit it

concerns court evidence validity rather than general regulatory permission
admissive
vsadmissible
8.9

Willing to allow people or things to join

applies to being valid as evidence in court rather than physical entry

Antonyms

inadmissible
  • Formal
30 7.7

Not allowed as evidence in a court hearing

How Admissible

admissible
  • Formal
42 6.8
acceptable
477 2.5
questionable
176 3.9
doubtful
38 3.0
inadmissible
  • Formal
30 7.7

Surface Forms

admissible positive

Morphology

admissible = admit (transparent) = admit + ible

Formed from the verb 'admit' with the adjectival suffix '-ible' meaning 'able to be admitted,' so the meaning is directly derivable.

Etymology

The word admissible comes from the Latin parts ad- 'to' and mittere 'to send', and it shares the same root as admit and admission. So, something admissible is 'sent in' or allowed to enter, which is why admissible evidence is evidence a court will accept.