cognizable

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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

“Without common interests and a shared history and socioeconomic experience, it is not a community that can give rise to a cognizable right protected by” the state constitution, the court wrote.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2023

“To weigh benefits and burdens, it is axiomatic that both must be judicially cognizable and comparable,” the justice wrote.

From Slate • May 11, 2023

He concluded that while the grand jury’s work is ongoing, it would be “premature” to say the school system has been damaged: “I do not believe that there is a cognizable, irreparable harm here.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 11, 2022

Yet nothing could be more obvious than that the breach of any statute was cognizable before the courts of law.

From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry