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Webster 1913 Edition


Triable

Tri′a-ble

,
Adj.
[From
Try
.]
1.
Fit or possible to be tried; liable to be subjected to trial or test.
“Experiments triable.”
Boyle.
2.
(Law)
Liable to undergo a judicial examination; properly coming under the cognizance of a court;
as, a cause may be
triable
before one court which is not
triable
in another
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Triable

TRI'ABLE

,
Adj.
[from try.] That may be tried; that may be subjected to trial or test.
1.
That may undergo a judicial examination; that may properly come under the cognizance of a court. A cause may be triable before one court, which is not triable in another. In England, testamentary causes are triable in the ecclesiastical courts.