suable, a. Now chiefly U.S.
(ˈsjuːəb(ə)l)
Also sueable.
[f. sue v. + -able.]
Capable of being sued, liable to be sued; legally subject to civil process.
| a 1623 Swinburne Treat. Spousals (1686) 120 The Parties contracting Spousals or Matrimony, under any such Conditions, are neither bound, nor suable, until the Condition be extant. 1693 Mod. Rep. XII. Case 93. 45 He cannot plead in bar ne unques executor,..because he allows him⁓self to be suable. 1810 J. Marshall Const. Opin. (1839) 137 A state which violated its own contract was suable in the courts of the United States. 1823 Examiner 78/2 If not a femme sole, she was not sueable at law. 1875 Poste Gaius ii. §282 A trustee is only suable for the simple amount of the subject of trust. 1903 Times 7 Jan. 6/2 Is a trade union to be regarded as a corporation sueable at law? |
b. Capable of being sued for.
| 1726 Ayliffe Parergon 343 Legacies out of Lands are properly suable in Chancery. |