justiciable.

Capable of being considered or decided by a court under the applicable legal rules.

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Words that belong together

• justiciable issue
• justiciable claim

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The court first examined whether the issue was justiciable under the governing rules.

A justiciable claim could still fail on its merits after it was heard.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Normally non-gradable for a specified formal status; compare degree only where the context genuinely concerns a gradable capacity or characteristic. 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: status distinction, institutional analysis, scope qualification, rights analysis. Disciplines: formal writing, institutional procedures, legal-administrative language. Commonness: uncommon.