admissibility.

The quality of meeting the rules or conditions for acceptance, especially as evidence in a proceeding.

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Words that belong together

• admissibility of evidence
• question of admissibility

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The court considered admissibility before assessing the weight of the testimony.

Admissibility under the rules did not establish the document’s accuracy.

Usage notes

Primary category: analysis / argumentation / evidence. Forms: Usually uncountable; use a plural for distinct instances or types only where natural. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: evidence, argumentation, evaluation, qualification. Disciplines: reasoning, research, essay writing. Commonness: moderately common.