单词 | examinable |
释义 | examinableadj. 1. Law. Subject to or suitable for judicial examination or trial; subject to the jurisdiction of a particular court. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > [adjective] > liable or able to be dealt with by court justiceablea1325 justiciablec1436 justifiable1523 examinable1594 cognosciblea1644 cogniscible1655 cognizable1681 conusablea1691 law-worthy1884 1594 W. West Chancerie §71 in Symbolæographie: 2nd Pt. sig. D 7v That it be such as is examinable in this Court. 1666 S. Pepys Diary 21 Feb. (1972) VII. 50 The privileges of Parliament..are few to the Commons' house, and those not examinable by them but only by the House of Lords. 1703 Law of Errors & Writs of Errors xxxvii. 313 What is examinable before the Lords in Writ of Error and what not. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. xviii. 471 His determinations are final, and examinable in no other court whatsoever. 1805 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. V. 246 A fine..is properly examinable in that court only where it is entered. 1884 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 13 87 His intentions are examinable to this extent. 1972 F. N. Stites Private Interest & Public Gain vi. 62 Since Exeter College in Oxford was a private corporation, the visitor's acts were not examinable in court. 1996 Internat. & Compar. Law Q. 45 656 Compulsory acquisition will always be a governmental act and therefore not examinable. 2. gen. That may be examined, investigated, or tested; susceptible to examination. Now esp. (of a skill, branch of knowledge, etc.): subject to academic examination.In quot. 1678: (of an object) that is to be tested. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [adjective] > tried or tested > that may be examinable1605 testable1647 amenable1817 assayable1859 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Fff1v The Draughts and first lawes of the Game are positiue, but..not examinable by reason. View more context for this quotation 1650 W. Davenant Pref. to Gondibert 49 Great bodyes are more examinable by being scatter'd into parcells. 1678 R. Russel tr. Jabir ibn Haiyan Wks. Geber iii. ii. iii. iii. 220 Blow upon the Surface of the Examinable Body until it flows. 1701 N. Grew Cosmol. Sacra ii. iv. 49 It seldom happens, That any Wise Man, can or will go further, than to give his Opinion of Things. Which, if done, upon all the Circumstances which are Examinable; he may be said to have found out..not certain, or demonstrable Truth. 1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. II. xxi. 450 The smallest examinable quantity of matter. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xxxvii. 340 The horn..was perfectly examinable. 1858 H. J. Roby Remarks College Reform 50 Their reading should not be bound down to merely examinable qualities. 1945 Philosophy 20 99 Something that can be stated in the form of a belief..invites precise formulation and is consequently examinable. 1982 E. Dunlop Maze Stone ii. 26 They were in Fourth Year, and everything they did was examinable. 2013 Irish Times (Nexis) 19 Dec. 4 Among the main recommendations..is for physical education to be made an examinable subject in schools. 3. Scottish. Esp. in the Presbyterian Church: designating a parishioner old enough to be examined on the catechism and therefore potentially eligible to receive the Eucharist; esp. in examinable persons. Cf. examine n. Now historical.The age from which children were considered to be examinable varied from parish to parish, but was typically seven or above. ΚΠ 1678 J. Brown Hist. Indulgence 44 My Ministrie in that place, where there will be 1200. examinable Persons. 1719 R. Erskine Let. in D. Fraser Life (1834) 46 [There are] upwards of 5000 examinable persons in the congregation. 1775 L. Shaw Hist. Moray 331 Examinable persons are about 1000, whereof 200 are Roman Catholicks. 1792 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. II. 78 Population.... It appears, from an actual and pretty accurate survey taken in 1790, that the number had increased to 1577, of which 1219 were examinable. 1850 Form of Petition in J. Cook Styles of Writs Church Courts Scotl. 185 The present examinable population of the parish amounts to —— persons. 1895 J. Rae Life A. Smith xxviii. 399 Every minister kept a list of the examinable persons in his parish. 1962 Sc. Hist. Rev. 41 91 The minister of Boharm..reported 700 examinable persons in his parish. 2014 R. Houston Peasant Petitions vi. 58 He had to catechise the 2,300 examinable persons in his parish during the winter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1594 |
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