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litigable
[lit-i-guh-buhl]
adjective
subject to litigation; actionable by a lawsuit.
litigable
/ ˈɪɪɡəə /
adjective
law that may be the subject of litigation
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of litigable1
Example Sentences
And again highlighting his fondness for legal technicalities, Scott found that Creech’s claims, even if they were valid, would not be “litigable in a post-conviction setting.”
It seemed to be one that actually might be fully litigable through the court system, where we might actually get clarity about what happened.
While those constitutional concerns aren’t insurmountable, they are litigable, and it’s reasonable to expect that opponents of some piece of legislation passed under remote voting would tie the question in courts.
Fraught with fraud soon to be litigable, unregulated suppliers provide anyone anywhere with a personally designed private label naturopathic pharmacopeia, attractively packaged then sold with slick spin on pathology and need for treatment.
“The ubiquity of the Internet and the ease of a DVR in the cloud,” he said, is “most at risk in — if the Aereo decision goes against us, because essentially all innovation in that area would — I mean, be litigable.”
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When To Use
Litigable means subject to legal action, especially a lawsuit.It comes from the verb litigate, which means to engage in a legal proceeding, such as a lawsuit. It can mean to bring a lawsuit or to contest one. The word especially refers to what lawyers do in such a proceeding. In fact, another name for a lawyer is litigator, especially a lawyer who specializes in civil cases. The related word litigant refers to a person engaged in a lawsuit.The process of engaging in a legal proceeding is called litigation. To be in litigation typically means to be engaged in a civil legal proceeding (as opposed to a criminal one, in which one is said to be on trial).A case is described as litigable when it may be the subject of litigation. Whether or not a case is litigable is determined before it goes to court.Example: Published comments like these constitute libel and are considered litigable.
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