triable

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: tri=a=ble

CIDE DICTIONARY

triable, a. [From Try.].

•  Fit or possible to be tried; liable to be subjected to trial or test.  Boyle.  [1913 Webster]
•  Liable to undergo a judicial examination; properly coming under the cognizance of a court; as, a cause may be triable before one court which is not triable in another.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

triable, adj.
1 liable to a judicial trial.
2 that may be tried or attempted.

Etymology

ME f. AF (as TRY)

THESAURUS

triable

actionable, against the law, anarchic, anarchistic, anomic, black-market, bootleg, chargeable, contraband, contrary to law, criminal, felonious, flawed, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, impermissible, irregular, justiciable, lawless, nonconstitutional, nonlegal, nonlicit, outlaw, outlawed, punishable, unallowed, unauthorized, unconstitutional, under-the-counter, under-the-table, unlawful, unofficial, unstatutory, unwarrantable, unwarranted, wrongful