pursuableadj.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Poursuivable, pursuable.

1667 S. Rolle Burning of London iv. 69 The great ends of life are as pursuable, and as attainable by the former, as by the latter of these.

1744 J. Harris Three Treat. 145 Another Division of Things external; that is, into Pursuable, Avoidable, and Indifferent.

1754 D. Fordyce Elements Moral Philos. II. ii. 112 Whatever therefore is pursuable, not on its own Account, but as subservient or necessary to the Attainment of something else that is intrinsically valuable or for its own Sake..we call a Mean, and not an End.

a1806 J. Barry in R. N. Wornum Lect. on Painting (1848) 187 An infinity of resource for adjusting the composition;..and this is equally pursuable in the lights and darks, in the middle tint, and in the reflexes.

1897 Harvard Law Rev. 10 348 The creditor-pledgee obtains a title to it pursuable in the hands of a third person.

1934 Yale Law Jrnl. 43 1209 The author..urges rather the broadening of the scope of issues and remedies pursuable by way of private litigation.

1958 J. D. B. Miller Commonw. in World ix. 138 India had..to see that the interests she pursued were consonant with that image and effectively pursuable within the context of world affairs.

2006 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 18 Apr. a3 ‘I didn't pursue it,’ Hughes said, though he acknowledged ‘it is pursuable.’