Dictionary

enforceability en · NOUN

Etymology

From enforce + -ability.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The quality of being enforceable.
   • The use of AI-generated content introduces complex questions regarding copyright and ownership. Under Australian law, copyright generally applies to original works authored by humans. Text generated by AI would probably be outside this framework, creating uncertainty regarding its protectability and enforceability. 2025 August 26, David Heasley, “AI in legal practice: Navigating privacy, hallucinations, and IP risks”, in LawyersWeekly, archived from the original on 26 Aug 2025:
   • Safety advocates counter that the same arguments about enforceability pervaded the discussion surrounding seat belt laws but that those laws, even when they were not vigorously enforced, led to widespread behavioral changes. 2009 August 5, Matt Richtel, “Federal Agency Plans Distracted Driving Forum”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 09 Jun 2021:
   • The position of the individual as a subject of international law has often been obscured by the failure to observe the distinction between the recognition, in an international instrument of rights enuring to the benefit of the individual and the enforceability of these rights at his instance. 1995, Rosalyn Higgins, Problems and Process: International Law and How We Use It, page 53:

Forms

Deriveds

nonenforceability · unenforceability