justiciable
justiciable — adjective
- justiciablepositive
- more justiciablecomparative
- most justiciablesuperlative
1. relating to a legal claim or question that a court is properly allowed to consid
relating to a legal claim or question that a court is properly allowed to consider, examine, and give a final decision on
Bao argued that the land dispute was justiciable and asked the judge to hear it.
be + justiciable (subject = dispute/case)
The court ruled that the senator's political actions were not justiciable.
not justiciable (common negative form)
The lawyer for Tariq argued that the employment case was justiciable under federal law.
The question of small-business tax is justiciable, and the case goes to court next month.
- triable
more specific — capable of being heard at trial; less common in everyday legal writing
- cognizable
formal term — within the jurisdiction of a court; rarer and more technical
- actionable
giving grounds for a lawsuit; focuses on the legal right to sue, not whether a court can decide the issue
- non-justiciable
direct opposite — cannot be decided by a court
- political
used by courts to describe questions they consider unsuitable for judicial review
文法句型
be + justiciable
not justiciable
justiciable + noun
用法筆記
Frequently used in the negative form (not justiciable) to state that a court refuses to hear a case — often because the issue is political, hypothetical, or lacks a clear legal basis. Subject is most often dispute, claim, issue, question, or matter.