justiciable
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Definition of justiciable
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: liable to trial in a court of justice
a justiciable offense
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: capable of being decided by legal principles or by a court of justice
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justiciability
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Gupta replies that the fact that Congress could make exceptions to the emoluments ban doesn’t mean it’s not also justiciable. — Dahlia Lithwick, Slate Magazine, "Would $1 Million in Hot Dogs Violate the Emoluments Clause?," 18 Oct. 2017 Indeed, a number of justices have concluded that the time had come to give up and admit that such claims cannot be evaluated without making political, as opposed to legal, judgments and should be regarded as non-justiciable. — Rick Esenberg, National Review, "Define ‘Gerrymander’ Precisely: The Supreme Court Tackles the Impossible," 22 Aug. 2017 That means the justices will have to determine if partisan gerrymandering is even justiciable. — Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, "The Supreme Court Takes on Partisan Gerrymandering," 19 June 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'justiciable.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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justiciable
adjective
jus·ti·cia·ble
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Legal Definition of justiciable
: capable of being decided according to legal principles by a court
whether the tax laws unfairly burden the poor is not a justiciable issue
especially
: triable in a court
the claim is not justiciable because the plaintiff has no present right to the property but may in the future
— see also political question at question sense 2 — compare moot
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justiciability
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