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单词 pleable
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pleableadj.

Forms: 1700s pleaable; Scottish pre-1700 pleabill, pre-1700 pleable, pre-1700 pleabyll, pre-1700 pleyabill, pre-1700 pleyable.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: plea v., -able suffix.
Etymology: < plea v. + -able suffix. Compare earlier (in different sense) pleadable adj.
Originally and chiefly Scottish. Obsolete.
That may be the subject of litigation; = debatable adj. 2.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > [adjective] > liable to an action at law
pleadablec1455
actionala1475
pleable1494
suitablea1555
litigious1568
impleadable1576
issuable?1577
suable1596
actionablea1601
questionable1639
litigable1767
1494 in T. Thomson Acts Lords Auditors (1839) 205/2 That the landis of Thorneton with the pendiclis..wer pleyable betuix him and the said Thomas.
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1903) II. iii. xxv. 49 Quhen þe tribunis war finalie callit, þai Iugit þe pleyabill landis to pertene to romanis.
1553 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 150 Upoun the severall ground of Scotland, nother pleyable nor debatable, ane gret way within the peceable marche of Scotland.
1577 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Glasgow (1876) I. 65 That the hors pleyabill..teill ane aiker of lang for trying of his gudnes.
1702 W. Bohun Privilegia Londini 149 By the Custom of London Lands are pleaable in The Husting.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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