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Definition of Sueable
1. able to be sued [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sueable
Literary usage of Sueable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: And of by William Peere Williams, Great Britain Court of Chancery, Great Britain Court of King's Bench (1826)
"... and as at law though a promise without a consideration was nudum pactum, and
not sueable, yet a [ 467 ] deed or covenant to pay money, or to do any act, ..."
2. Lectures on the Constitution and Laws of England: With a Commentary on Magna by Francis Stoughton Sullivan, Gilbert Stuart (1805)
"... (being actions of public concern to the justice of the kingdom) were sueable
only in the king's court ; and by consequence this covenant to alienate was ..."
3. The Law of Tenures, Including the Theory and Practice of Copyholds by Geoffrey Gilbert, Charles Watkins, Robert Studley Vidal (1824)
"... and all writs of covenant, as being an action of public concern to the justice
of the kingdom, were sueable only in the king's court; and by consequence ..."
4. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1860)
"... and shall, if there be any breach thereof, be sued and sueable, under the
order of such court, for the benefit of the creditors and other persons in ..."
5. Narratives of Early Carolina, 1650-1708 by Alexander Samuel Salley (1911)
"These Bills were declar'd current in all Payments, and the Refuser of them sueable
in double the Value of the Sum re- fus'd; whereby the boldest Stroke has ..."
6. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent (1826)
"... in which It was adjudged, that a state was sueable by citizens of another
state, gave miu-h dissatisfaction, and the legislature of Georgia carried ..."
7. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William B. Dana (1845)
"This would be a proper question for the Supreme Court of the United States; but
her protection is, that she is not sueable. ART. XII.—MERCANTILE BIOGRAPHY. ..."
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