Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Capable of being judged or decided: Describes an issue, matter, or case that is suitable for or subject to being evaluated, adjudicated, or settled by a formal judgment or decision.

Usage

• The adjective "judicable" is used to qualify matters, typically disputes or questions, that are appropriate for judicial or authoritative determination. It indicates that something is within the scope of what can be formally judged.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The court must first determine if the dispute is a judicable matter under its jurisdiction.
  • Not all ethical dilemmas are judicable; some must be resolved through personal conscience.
  • The treaty outlines which types of conflicts between nations are judicable by the international tribunal.

Advanced Usage

• "Justiciable" vs. "Judicable": In legal contexts, "justiciable" is a more common synonym, specifically meaning a matter appropriate for a court to hear and decide. "Judicable" can be used more broadly for any context involving formal judgment.
  • While all justiciable issues are judicable, not all judicable questions (e.g., in arbitration) are strictly justiciable in a court of law.

Variants and Related Words

• Adjudicable (adj): Capable of being adjudicated or settled judicially. Often used interchangeably with "judicable."
  • The contract specified that any breach would be an adjudicable offense.
• Justiciable (adj): (Legal term) Giving grounds for legal action; subject to adjudication by a court.
  • The lawyer argued that the claim was not justiciable due to a lack of standing.

Synonyms

• Decidable: Capable of being decided or settled.
• Arbitrable: Capable of being settled by arbitration.
• Triable: Subject to or capable of being tried in court.

Antonyms

• Non-justiciable: Not subject to judicial review or decision.
• Moot: Deprived of practical significance; not subject to a ruling.
• Unsettleable: Incapable of being resolved or decided.

Adjective

1. capable of being judged or decided
   • judicable issues