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Definition of Affectable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Affectable
Literary usage of Affectable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Institute of the Law of Scotland: In Four Books : in the Order of Sir by John Erskine, James Ivory (1828)
"... immediately after the elapsing of the six months, lose the other privileges
of bills,—of not being affectable, either by compensation, arrestment, ..."
2. Mind and Its Disorders: A Text-book for Students and Practitioners by William Henry Butter Stoddart (1908)
"... a woman's motor response to a stimulus is more ready than a man's ; she is
less sensitive but more irritable or, rather, affectable. ..."
3. Leading Cases in the Law of Scotland: Prepared from the Original Pleadings by George Ross (1851)
"... they cease to be affectable by personal obligations, and become upon record
the estate of the party in possession. But in addition to the requisite of ..."
4. Cases Decided in the House of Lords, on Appeal from the Courts of Scotland by Sydney Smith Bell, Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords (1843)
"profits, and casualties thereof; and they shall be nowise " affectable by any of
the contravened creditors, nor shall tie " same be assignable by them," &c. ..."
5. Cases Decided in the House of Lords: On Appeal from the Courts of Scotland by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, Sydney Smith Bell (1843)
"profits, and casualties thereof; and they shall be nowise " affectable by ...
nor the " mails and duties thereof, be affectable therewith any manner " of ..."
6. Decisions of the Court of Session: From the Year 1733 to the Year 1754 by Scotland Court of Session, Patrick Grant Elchies (1813)
"... not affectable. Some of the Lords thought it was not ... intention that it
should be affectable. ..."
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