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barrable en · ADJ

Etymology

From bar + -able.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Capable of being barred (prevented).
   • The question then is brought to this, is it barrable by common deed? 1883, Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of Appeals and the High Court of Chancery of Maryland, page 229:
   • The doctrine of perpetuity was excluded not because the remainder was legal but because it was barrable. 1876, Sir Henry Studdy Theobald, A concise treatise on the construction of wills:
2. (not-comparable) For which one may be barred.
   • a barrable offence

Deriveds

unbarrable

Relateds

debarrable