justiciable

English

Etymology

From Middle French justiciable.

Adjective

justiciable (comparative more justiciable, superlative most justiciable)

1. (law) Of or pertaining to justiciability; able to be evaluated and resolved by the courts; that can be adjudicated.

Synonyms

• actionable
• litigable
• triable

Antonyms

• nonjusticiable
• unjusticiable

Derived terms

• justiciability

Translations

able to be evaluated and resolved by the courts

• Bulgarian: подсъден (podsăden)
• Dutch: justitiabel (nl)
• Finnish: (tuomioistuinten) toimivaltaan kuuluva
• French: justiciable (fr)
• German: justiziabel (de), justitiabel, aburteilbar
• Greek: δικάσιμος (el) (dikásimos)
• Italian: giudicabile
• Polish: rozstrzygany przez sąd
• Spanish: justiciable

French

Etymology

From justice +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒys.ti.sjabl/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Adjective

justiciable (plural justiciables)

1. (law) justiciable

Noun

justiciable m or f (plural justiciables)

1. person answerable to the law; person falling under the remit of a certain jurisdiction

Further reading

• “justiciable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xustiˈθjable/ [xus.t̪iˈθja.β̞le] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /xustiˈsjable/ [xus.t̪iˈsja.β̞le] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: jus‧ti‧cia‧ble

Adjective

justiciable m or f (masculine and feminine plural justiciables)

1. (law) justiciable, actionable

Further reading

• “justiciable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025