Definition of Maintainable

1. Adjective. Capable of being maintained.

Similar to: Rectifiable, Reparable
Derivative terms: Maintain

Definition of Maintainable

1. a. That may be maintained.

Definition of Maintainable

1. Adjective. (chiefly in combination) Able to be maintained ¹

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Definition of Maintainable

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Maintainable

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mainstay
mainstays
mainstream
mainstream America
mainstream American
mainstreamed
mainstreamer
mainstreamers
mainstreaming
mainstreams
mainstreet
mainstreets
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maintainers
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maintaineth
maintaining
maintainor
maintainors
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maintenance dose
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Literary usage of Maintainable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Digest of the Laws of England by John Comyns, Anthony Hammond (1822)
"By whom maintainable. i Trover does not lie for one not having the property, nor against one ... A^inst whom maintainable. Ibid. I. U0T. USES AND TRUSTS. 1. ..."

2. A Treatise on the Bankruptcy Law of the United States by Harold Remington (1915)
"... Maintainable in US District Courts.—Independent plenary suits by creditors may not be brought in the bankruptcy courts at all, either before or after ..."

3. A Practical and Elementary Abridgment of the Cases Argued and Determined in by Elisha Hammond, Charles Petersdorff (1831)
"091. —— An агнец 1. CROFTS v. TRITTON. TT 1813. DP 2 Moore, 411. paid Hoe« I. WHEN Maintainable.! for money It was resolved, that an action for money ..."

4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Richard Vaughan Barnewall, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Edward Hall Alderson, William Selwyn (1819)
"... on looking at this act of parliament, that this action is maintainable, for the Court are expressly authorised to award the pay- ment to the attorney of ..."

5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer by Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Charles John Crompton, John Jervis, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1832)
"... tenth is the only calf to which he is entitled, and, consequently that the present action is maintainable against the defendant for not taking it away. ..."

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