colorable

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And I think someone who applies for a payout from this fund with a colorable case of weaponization, but gets denied, may well have standing.

From Slate • May 22, 2026

“We are very happy that the court has acknowledged that the plaintiffs have brought colorable constitutional claims forward,” said Mike Laux, an attorney for the teachers and students who filed suit.

From Seattle Times • May 8, 2024

“And I think Florida State knows that as well. I think they threw in anything they could potentially think of as a colorable argument to get them out of the grant-of-rights agreement.”

From Washington Times • Dec. 22, 2023

"And then the only question is: Is it colorable?"

From Salon • Aug. 16, 2023

They proceeded, however, to make a bustling show of activity in compliance with Innocent’s present commands, and they called a council at Avignon to give a colorable pretext for pushing Raymond to the wall.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Lea, Henry Charles