Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The capacity of being removable, as from an office or a station; liability to removal.

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  • noun The state of being removable.

Etymologies

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remove +‎ -ability

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Examples

  • This trend toward mandatory detention was a significant deviation or movement away from ICE's practice of "Catch and Release," under which individuals apprehended by authorities would be given notice of their removability and released on bond with a future date for a court hearing or processing.

    Arlene M. Roberts: When Detention is More Than Just a Deterrent 2009

  • GUTFELD'S Organic Hemp Seed Oil LUbe provides superior lubrication, condom compatibilty and easily removability without leaving any residue that might lead to embarrassing rashes, or rumors of incontinence.

    Greg Gutfeld: GLOBAL WARMING POST 2008

  • To an outsider, some of the cartoons make no sense, because of the removability of the reader; if there was more of an explanation regarding what the social issue the cartoon was refering to, it could provide a better explanation of the importance of the cartoon.

    Creating, Managing & Pres. Dig. Assets: Cartoons of WEG 2006

  • To an outsider, some of the cartoons make no sense, because of the removability of the reader; if there was more of an explanation regarding what the social issue the cartoon was refering to, it could provide a better explanation of the importance of the cartoon.

    Archive 2006-03-01 2006

  • It suggests, moreover, that whatever the scope of his powers, Mr. Fitzgerald's theoretical removability is itself sufficient to render him an inferior officer no matter what test applies, and that the issue is not even close.

    Balkinization 2007

  • "While removability may be a "powerful tool for control," the court of appeals could easily conclude that that power has no practical, and therefore no legal, significance, where it is not coupled with some degree of supervision or direction."

    Balkinization 2007

  • Third, contrary to the government's suggestion, Mr. Fitzgerald's theoretical removability is not necessarily dispositive on the inferior-officer question.

    Balkinization 2007

  • It suggests, moreover, that whatever the scope of his powers, Mr. Fitzgerald's theoretical removability is itself sufficient to render him an inferior officer no matter what test applies, and that the issue is not even close.

    Balkinization 2007

  • It suggests, moreover, that whatever the scope of his powers, Mr. Fitzgerald's theoretical removability is itself sufficient to render him an inferior officer no matter what test applies, and that the issue is not even close.

    Balkinization 2007

  • Third, contrary to the government's suggestion, Mr. Fitzgerald's theoretical removability is not necessarily dispositive on the inferior-officer question.

    Balkinization 2007

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