imputable

Example Sentences

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When a prosecutor offers him a chance to provide extenuating circumstances for his crimes—“Can you affirm that your acts are imputable to external influences of some kind ”—Sylvain is unable to follow the question:

From The New Yorker • May 1, 2017

"What the state of Texas has done in this case is imputable in law to the US and engages the United States' international responsibility," she said.

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2011

Let us remember, that the sin of not even every unwarrantable innovation, is exclusively imputable to the innovator himself.

From A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory by Bledsoe, Albert Taylor

When such evils happen, they surely are more imputable to the tyranny of the master than to the cruelty of the servant.

From Political Pamphlets by Saintsbury, George

Death caused by vehicles accidentally not imputable, 78 299 ...

From Hindu Law and Judicature from the Dharma-Sástra of Yájnavalkya by Edward Röer