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issuable, a.|ˈɪʃ(j)uːəb(ə)l, ˈɪsjuː-|
[f. issue n. and v. + -able.]
1. Law. That admits of an issue being taken; in regard to which or during which issue may be joined. Also transf.
c1570Pride & Lowl. (1841) 17 Until ye come to matter issuable. a1577Sir T. Smith Commw. Eng. (1609) 66 If the aunswere be issuable they proceede to triall. 1598Kitchin Courts Leet (1675) 444 It is a matter in deed issuable. 1768Blackstone Comm. III. 353 Hilary or trinity terms, which from the making up of the issues therein are usually called issuable terms. 1890Scot. Leader 28 Jan. 4 His Lordship held that there was no issueable matter in the paragraphs complained of.
2. That may be issued, as a writ or summons; liable or authorized to be issued.
1642Chas. I Answ. Decl. Both Houses 1 July 41 This Statute..doth onely enact a Commission issuable, without commanding that it shall issue. 1740Propos. Prov. Poor 6 Cattle issuable for Naval Services. 1865Pall Mall G. 18 July 10/1 He will be without a seat until February, no new writ being issuable until the election of a Speaker. 1886Gladstone Irish Quest. iii. 25 Fifty million of Consols issuable under the act.
3. Liable to issue as the proceeds of any property, investment, or source of revenue.
1674T. Turnor Case Bankers vii. 30 [He] forthwith stops their Pensions issuable out of the said Tributes. 1737L. Clarke Hist. Bible (1740) II. xii. 706 An account of all the persons, possessions, and estates therein, and the taxes issuable from them. 1814Hist. Univ. Oxford II. 127 To purchase lands, the issuable profits of which he ordered to be equally distributed between the Fellows and Scholars.
Hence ˈissuably adv., in an issuable manner; so as to raise an issue.
1783R. Burke in E. Burke's Corr. (1844) III. 18, I expressed a wish that a certain person should be driven to plead issuably. 1825Knapp & Baldw. Newgate Cal. IV. 288/1 Obliged them to plead issuably. |