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cognizable

Adjective

Meaning

Capable of being known or apprehended; as, cognizable causes.

Fitted to be a subject of judicial investigation; capable of being judicially heard and determined.

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Civil lawsuits against the Crown in its public capacity (that is, lawsuits against the Queen-in-Council) are permitted, but lawsuits against the monarch personally are not cognizable. Source: Internet

Samples now had to be licensed, as long as they rose "to a level of legally cognizable appropriation." Source: Internet

Smuggling is a cognizable offense in which both the smuggled goods and the goods are punishable. Source: Internet

"The 'injury in fact' test requires more than an injury to a cognizable interest. Source: Internet

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