Definition of "triable" [tri•a•ble]

• Capable of being tried or tested: a triable plan. (adjective)
• Law Subject to judicial examination: a triable case. (adjective)

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• "If these provisions are enacted, the president would have to detain certain suspects in military custody, even if potential charges against the suspect are triable only in federal criminal courts and not military commissions."
• "Having decided that Mr. Justice Jones was correct in the first instance to dismiss the case, holding that there was no triable issue, their Lordships had no need to go any further."
• "The false advertising claims, by contrast, presented triable issues of fact."