Definition of Dismissible

1. Adjective. Subject to dismissal. "Appointed and removable by the mayor"

Similar to: Removable
Derivative terms: Dismiss

Definition of Dismissible

1. Adjective. That may be dismissed ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dismissible

dismembrator
dismembrators
dismembre
dismembred
dismembring
dismes
dismiss
dismissal
dismissals
dismissed
dismisser
dismissers
dismisses
dismissest
dismisseth
dismissible (current term)
dismissing
dismission
dismissions
dismissive
dismissively
dismissiveness
dismist
dismoded
dismortgage
dismortgaged
dismortgages
dismortgaging
dismount
dismountable

Literary usage of Dismissible

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Enquiry Into the Duties of Men in the Higher and Middle Classes of by Thomas Gisborne (1824)
"Were the minister of a parish dismissible at the pleasure of the parishioners, it is obvious under what temptations he would lie to strive to maintain his ..."

2. Current Law (1904)
"dismissible," and the doing of an act commanded but without intent to obey a mandamus is not necessarily cause for dismissal.25 Abandonment or failure of ..."

3. The Elements of Politics by Henry Sidgwick (1897)
"... and would be — written down under the conditions supposed : and it is liable not to work effectively if the councillors are dismissible at pleasure, ..."

4. The American Commonwealth by James Bryce Bryce (1914)
"are similarly dismissible by the proper Federal authority ; and there are also State servants, responsible to and dismissible by the State authority. ..."

5. The American Commonwealth by James Bryce Bryce (1908)
"instance, over ten thousand persons employed by the city authorities, all dismissible by their superiors at short notice and without cause assigned. ..."

6. Resource Guide for Managing Prisoner Civil Rights Litigation by James Eaglin, Russell Wheeler, Judith A. McKenna, Marie Cordisco (1997)
"The determination whether an action is dismissible under these grounds may ... Therefore, such claims are dismissible sua sponte prior to service under 28 ..."

7. Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution by Albert Venn Dicey (1908)
"The Emperor is its real head ; he is not a President; neither he, nor the Ministers he appoints, are appointed or dismissible by the body which we may ..."

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