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

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

From Slate • May 11, 2023

In a court filing on April 7, attorneys for America 250 said the lawsuit “fails to articulate sufficient facts to set forth any cognizable claim.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2022

Moon said Robert’s examples of hazing incidents did not “rise to the level of a policy or practice that is legally cognizable as discriminatory.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 30, 2021

But strike out the last assertion, and write, Both are cognizable; and then let us proceed with our reasoning.

From Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation by Jones, Jesse H.