Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being litigated, or made the subject of a suit at law.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Such as can be litigated.
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- adjective law Able or likely to be successfully
litigated
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Examples
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I don't think it actually bwcomes a "litigable" issue until the house and senatge conference report is being debated in the senate, and someone moves for cloture with a claim that a 51 vote "yea" will do the job because the issue under debate is subject to the "reconciliation of house and senate differences over an item of budgetary impact".
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Whether Congress can require citizens to pay tax in the form of ephemeral “benefits conferred to the country”, as an alternative to greenbacks, strikes me as a litigable issue.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Colorado Attorney General Explains the Obamacare Lawsuit 2010
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This lawyer-mother thoroughly dislikes the Great Zucchini and used a potentially litigable word to describe him.
The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010
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Whether Congress can require citizens to pay tax in the form of ephemeral “benefits conferred to the country”, as an alternative to greenbacks, strikes me as a litigable issue.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Colorado Attorney General Explains the Obamacare Lawsuit 2010
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This lawyer-mother thoroughly dislikes the Great Zucchini and used a potentially litigable word to describe him.
The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010
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This lawyer-mother thoroughly dislikes the Great Zucchini and used a potentially litigable word to describe him.
The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010
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This lawyer-mother thoroughly dislikes the Great Zucchini and used a potentially litigable word to describe him.
The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010
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In the instance no contract has been reached, binding arbitration through a federally appointed arbitrator is mandatory, and the decision by the arbitration panel is binding and supposedly non-litigable.
"Through the Looking Glass" Republicans and How They View Labor. 2009
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Sorry to interrupt your oubturst, but none of this is litigable in the federal courts.
Dem Party Lawyers Say Rules Committee Can't Seat Full Delegations 2009
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When everything is disputable and litigable with no clear way to predict the outcome, lawyers reign at public expense.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Prosecutor’s Wearing a Small Cross 2009
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