Definition of Pleadable

1. a. Capable of being pleaded; capable of being alleged in proof, defense, or vindication; as, a right or privilege pleadable at law.

Definition of Pleadable

1. Adjective. (legal) That may be pleaded ¹

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Definition of Pleadable

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pleadable

plea
plea-bargain
plea bargain
plea bargaining
plea bargains
plea in abatement
plea of insanity
plea of the crown
pleace
pleach
pleached
pleaches
pleaching
plead
plead the fifth
pleadable (current term)
pleaded
pleader
pleaders
pleadeth
pleading
pleading in the alternative
pleadingly
pleadings
pleads
pleaed
pleaing
pleas
pleas of the crown
pleasable

Literary usage of Pleadable

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

1. The Scots Digest of Scots Appeals in the House of Lords from 1707 and of the by Robert Candlish Henderson, Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords (1908)
"Compensation by a creditor of an individual partner held not pleadable against a ... When pleadable—Extracted Decree. —Compensation or retention cannot be ..."

2. The Papers of James Madison: Purchased by Order of the Congress, Being His by James Madison (1840)
"On the question to agree to, " but his pardon shall not be pleadable in bar," it passed in the negative,— New Hampshire, Maryland, North Carolina, ..."

3. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, Charles M. Barnes (1884)
"... and in cases free from partiality and injustice, is a good discharge in every other country, and pleadable in bar. The same law which creates the charge ..."

4. The Practice in Courts of Justice in England and the United States by Conway Robinson (1858)
"Misnomer not pleadable. In England before the stat. 3 <fc 4 Will. IV, c. 42, $ 11, 12, where the declaration and process corresponded and the only ..."

5. A Practical Treatise on Nullities & Irregularities in Law: Their Character by Henry Tyrwhitt Jones Macnamara (1842)
"Powell, 1 D. & R. 50, where, per Curiam, " Mere practice is certainly not pleadable." Warmsley v. Macey, 5 Moore, 168; Ball v. Swan, 1 E. & Aid. 393. ..."

6. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut [1636-1776] by Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly, Connecticut Council, Council of Safety (Conn.)., James Hammond Trumbull, Charles Jeremy Hoadly (1885)
"judgment of the superior court shall not be pleadable in bar of any suit or suits that may be brought by the said peti- ..."

7. The Scots Digest of Scots Appeals in the House of Lords from 1707 and of the by Robert Candlish Henderson, Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords (1908)
"Compensation by a creditor of an individual partner held not pleadable against a ... When pleadable—Extracted Decree. —Compensation or retention cannot be ..."

8. The Papers of James Madison: Purchased by Order of the Congress, Being His by James Madison (1840)
"On the question to agree to, " but his pardon shall not be pleadable in bar," it passed in the negative,— New Hampshire, Maryland, North Carolina, ..."

9. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, Charles M. Barnes (1884)
"... and in cases free from partiality and injustice, is a good discharge in every other country, and pleadable in bar. The same law which creates the charge ..."

10. The Practice in Courts of Justice in England and the United States by Conway Robinson (1858)
"Misnomer not pleadable. In England before the stat. 3 <fc 4 Will. IV, c. 42, $ 11, 12, where the declaration and process corresponded and the only ..."

11. A Practical Treatise on Nullities & Irregularities in Law: Their Character by Henry Tyrwhitt Jones Macnamara (1842)
"Powell, 1 D. & R. 50, where, per Curiam, " Mere practice is certainly not pleadable." Warmsley v. Macey, 5 Moore, 168; Ball v. Swan, 1 E. & Aid. 393. ..."

12. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut [1636-1776] by Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly, Connecticut Council, Council of Safety (Conn.)., James Hammond Trumbull, Charles Jeremy Hoadly (1885)
"judgment of the superior court shall not be pleadable in bar of any suit or suits that may be brought by the said peti- ..."

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