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justiciable, a. (n.)|dʒʌˈstɪʃɪəb(ə)l|
[a. AF. and OF. (F.) justiciable amenable to a jurisdiction, used also as n., f. justicier to justice: cf. med.L. justitiābilis.]
Liable to be tried in a court of justice; subject to jurisdiction.
[1370Rolls Parlt., Queux ne sont mye justiciables en touz cas.] 1656Blount Glossogr., Justiciable (Fr.), under jurisdiction, subject to suit or Laws, that is to do his suit to the court of another. 1755Johnson, Justiciable, proper to be examined in courts of justice. 1836Wheaton Elem. Internat. Law ii. ii. (1855) 175 Criminal offences..are justiciable only by the courts of that country where the offence is committed. 1888Bryce Amer. Commw. I. 323 Offences against Federal statutes are justiciable in Federal courts.
B. n. One who is subject to the jurisdiction (of another).
1897Maitland Domesday & Beyond 125 He can prevent the king's officers from entering his precinct and meddling with his justiciables. 1900Athenæum 5 May 556/3 Remedies which shall satisfy his justiciables that their position is..positively enviable.
Hence justiciaˈbility, the quality or fact of being justiciable.
1802Bentham Judicial Procedure i. Wks. 1843 II. 9/1 Under the name of security for eventual justiciability. 1888Traill William III 97 Exclusive privileges in the matter of justiciability which were possessed by the Peers. |