Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being, or fit to be, pursued, followed, or prosecuted.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Capable of being, or fit to be, pursued, followed, or prosecuted.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Able to be
pursued orfollowed .
Etymologies
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Examples
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They voted to maintain a system where some rape is not pursuable in a court of law.
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First, students of color, and of particular interest to me, Black students need to accept the idea that science is a viable, realistic, and pursuable career and line of study.
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To my understanding, Alex, the death penalty is pursuable in this jurisdiction.
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First, students of color, and of particular interest to me, Black students need to accept the idea that science is a viable, realistic, and pursuable career and line of study.
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Furthermore, there are many steps involved in becoming an actual candidate, of which, have not been performed because there will not be a Special Election for the empty Senate Seat until I am no longer pursuable under this stipulation
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Furthermore, there are many steps involved in becoming an actual candidate, of which, have not been performed because there will not be a Special Election for the empty Senate Seat until I am no longer pursuable under this stipulation
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Limiting the scope of pursuable lawsuits will undoubtedly decrease the number of false positives (less unmeritorious lawsuits will be won), but it will come at the expense of more false negatives (lawsuits that should be filed and won because the claims are valid will not be filed and won).
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Limiting the scope of pursuable lawsuits will undoubtedly decrease the number of false positives (less unmeritorious lawsuits will be won), but it will come at the expense of more false negatives (lawsuits that should be filed and won because the claims are valid will not be filed and won).
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Limiting the scope of pursuable lawsuits will undoubtedly decrease the number of false positives (less unmeritorious lawsuits will be won), but it will come at the expense of more false negatives (lawsuits that should be filed and won because the claims are valid will not be filed and won).
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Limiting the scope of pursuable lawsuits will undoubtedly decrease the number of false positives (less unmeritorious lawsuits will be won), but it will come at the expense of more false negatives (lawsuits that should be filed and won because the claims are valid will not be filed and won).
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