suabilityn.
/ˌsuːəˈbɪlᵻti/, /ˌsjuːəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /ˌsuəˈbɪlᵻdi/ U.S. Law.
Liability to be sued; the fact of being potentially subject to lawsuits.Often in the context of the question of the liability of states, government agencies, etc., to legal proceedings.
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1793 J. Jay Opinion on Suability of State in Corr. & Public Papers (1891) III. 454 In order to ascertain the merits of this objection, let us inquire—first, in what sense Georgia is a sovereign State; second, whether suability is incompatible with such sovereignty.
1833 in J. C. Calhoun Wks. (1874) II. 302 The Senator cited the suability of the states as an evidence of their want of sovereignty.
1941 T. W. Graske Law Govt. Def. Contracts ix. 331 The Defense Homes Corporation presents several different legal questions with reference to its suability.
2009 K. T. Lash Lost Hist. Ninth Amendm. v. 104 The case generated the first significant public discussion of state suability since the ratification of the Constitution in 1787.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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