law-worthyadj.
/ˈlɔːˌwəːði/, U.S. /ˈlɔˌwərði/, /ˈlɑˌwərði/ ? Historical.
a. Of persons: Having a standing in the law-courts; possessed of full legal rights.
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society > law > legal capacity > [adjective] > having full legal rights
law-worthy1818
1066–75 Charter Will. I to Lond. in W. Stubbs Select Charters 83 Ic wylle þat get beon eallra þæra laga weorðe þe gyt wæran in Eadwerdes dæge kynges.]
1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages II. viii. 135 The strongest proof of his being, as it was called, law-worthy, and possessing a rank.
1857 J. Toulmin Smith Parish (new ed.) 21 The inquiry having been made by the oath of good and law-worth men of the neighbourhood.
b. Of things: Within the purview of the law; able to be dealt with by a court of law.
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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
1884 W. O'C. Morris in Contemp. Rev. Feb. 177 This enormous and growing mass of property was not lawworthy under English law.
1896 W. O'C. Morris Ireland x. 333 The claims, however, which in fact approached a joint ownership over millions of acres, continued, as before, to be not law-worthy: they had never been recognized by the State.
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adj.1818