Definition of Jailable

1. Adjective. (context: of an offence) For which one may be jailed. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Jailable

1. jail [adj] - See also: jail

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jailable

jaguarundi cat
jaguarundis
jahiliya
jahiliyyah
jai
jai alai
jaikie
jaikies
jail
jail-bird
jail-birds
jail bait
jail cell
jail delivery
jail fever
jailable (current term)
jailbaits
jailbird
jailbirds
jailbreak
jailbreaker
jailbreakers
jailbreaking
jailbreaks
jailbroke
jailbroken
jailed
jailee
jailer

Literary usage of Jailable

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

1. A Complete Encyclopedia of Virginia Law: Being a Concise But Complete by Samuel Need Hurst (1922)
"... or jailable not over 6 months. (Code, § 4553.) FERRIES § 1. Penalty for inattention or for not giving passage in reasonable time. ..."

2. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North (1918)
"... was 'jailable on July 1 for railway extends, which received much attention "Offl the Government through the ï«r. The installation of auto-service ..."

3. Early Life Among the Indians: Reminiscences from the Life of Benj. G by Benjamin G. Armstrong (1892)
"... but they were prosecuted under city ordinance, making the offense a finable or jailable one,-while the charge in her case was brought under the state ..."

4. Literary News by L. Pylodet, Augusta Harriet (Garrigue) Leypoldt (1896)
"Laws may be passed Decreeing it jailable To write u not available" " Genius " to blast : Then with no stint o' space, Thou'lt at a sprinter's pace Come from ..."

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