cognizable

Example Sentences

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Joby’s court filing said Archer’s complaint was “long on innuendo, but short on factual allegations supporting cognizable legal theories.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

That case was dismissed in 2019 for a "failure to allege a cognizable legal theory"; the latest lawsuits' "natural" claims represent a different tactic.

From Salon • May 21, 2024

This issue, which goes all the way to the Supreme Court, is that everyone wants to suggest that nobody has standing to bring this litigation because Amanda has already had her cognizable harm and injury.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2023

The judge in that case called his suit “fanatic” and “delusional,” saying there was no way to “discern any cognizable claim” from the incoherent filings.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 16, 2022

The provision is in the alternative, and therefore the crime is cognizable in either District.

From Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York by Warburton, A. F.