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Definition of Ratability
1. Noun. The state of being liable to assessment or taxation.
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Generic synonyms: Liability
Derivative terms: Ratable, Rateable
2. Noun. The quality of being capable of being rated or estimated.
Definition of Ratability
1. n. The quality or state of being ratable.
Definition of Ratability
1. Noun. The quality or state of being ratable. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ratability
Literary usage of Ratability
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: In by Sandford Nevile, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, William Montagu Manning (1839)
"... observing at the same time, that as soon as any independent occupation for
private advantage is discoverable, ratability immediately attaches. ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Steuart Macnaghten, Alexander Gordon, Charles Christopher Pepys Cottenham, Thomas Wilde Truro, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1871)
"The Inhabitants of Tynemouth, (6) Lord ELLENBOROUGH says, in allusion to the
ratability of light-house dues, p. 49, " The subject- matter of these rates has ..."
3. Reports of Cases Heard and Determined by the Lord Chancellor, and the Court by John Peter De Gex, Steuart Macnaghten, Alexander Gordon, Great Britain Court of Chancery, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1871)
"The Dock Company of Hull, (c) as to the ratability of docks to poor-rates, though
the shares of the company creating the docks were declared personalty by ..."
4. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by David Shephard Garland, John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie (1887)
"... it serves tolerably well to convey rather a popular notion than to give a
certain rule for deciding the question of ratability in every instance. ..."
5. Reports of Cases Relating to the Duty and Office of Magistrates: Determined by Great Britain Court of King's Bench (1838)
"First, Supposing any ratability in respect of these sums of 2<f. to exist, the
parties liable would be the commissioners, who receive the toll, ..."
6. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law by Great Britain Bail Court (1872)
"To make ratability there must be occupation beneficial in its nature, that is,
of a subject matter producing a valuable return, though not necessarily ..."
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