issuable

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adjective

Leading to, producing, or relating to, an issue; capable of being made an issue at law.

“a writ issuable on these grounds”

OriginEnglish issue ← Middle English issue ← Old French issue →
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Meanings

adjectiveissuable (not comparable)
  1. not comparablelawLeading to, producing, or relating to, an issue; capable of being made an issue at law.
  2. not comparablelawLawful or suitable to be issued

    a writ issuable on these grounds

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Latinex-
  6. Latineō
  7. Latinexeō
  8. Old Frenchissir
  9. Old Frenchissue
  10. Middle Englishissue
  11. Englishissue
  12. Englishissuable

From issue + -able.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

basileussuasible
Cite this entry
APA

issuable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/issuable

MLA

“issuable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/issuable. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “issuable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/issuable.

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