impeachableadj.
/ɪmˈpiːtʃəb(ə)l/ Capable of being impeached, called in question, or accused; liable to impeachment; chargeable.
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society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > [adjective] > accused or indicted > capable of being charged or indicted
criminablec1500
impeachable1503
billable1579
indictable1706
prosecutable1742
1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 27 §9 The seid Maire..[shall] be nott hurted vexed impleted empeched nor empechable.
1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII c. 14 [He] standeth in danger, and is impechable of heresie.
1678 Lively Orac. iv. §27. 292 Would God none but the Romanist were impeachable of this detention of Scripture.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 573 All officers are impeachable.
1885 Law Rep.: Probate Div. 10 192 Assuming the deed not to be impeachable on those grounds.
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adj.1503