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

“Police officers have a particular, cognizable privacy and liberty interest in not being publicly identified or having their personnel files or disciplinary records made publicly available,” the FOP’s amended complaint says.

From Washington Post • Dec. 21, 2022

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.