barrable

adj — 2 senses

barrable

adj

Etymology From bar + -able.

1

Law Capable of being barred (prevented).

  • The doctrine of perpetuity was excluded not because the remainder was legal but because it was barrable.1876, Sir Henry Studdy Theobald, A concise treatise on the construction of wills:
  • The question then is brought to this, is it barrable by common deed?1883, Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of Appeals and the High Court of Chancery of Maryland, page 229:
2

For which one may be barred.

  • a barrable offence
Derived terms
unbarrable
Related terms
debarrable

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