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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

pleadable

/plee-duh-buhl/US // ˈpli də bəl //

可辩护的,可抗辩的,可抗辩,可辩护

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : capable of being pleaded, as a case in court.

Examples

  • No intent can, make a defamatory publication good, nothing can make it have a good tendency; truth is not pleadable.

  • No intent can make a defamatory publication good, nothing can make it have a good tendency; truth is not pleadable.

  • The Act of Settlement prescribed that "no pardon shall be pleadable to an impeachment by the Commons in parliament."

  • He shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons, but his pardon shall not be pleadable in bar of an impeachment.

  • He shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons; but his pardon shall not be pleadable in bar of an impeachment.

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