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barrable

barrable adjective: capable of being barred (prevented).

Adjective

barrable (not comparable)

  1. 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

Origin of barrable

From bar + -able.

Words formed from barrable

Questions about barrable

What does barrable mean?
Barrable means capable of being barred (prevented).
What part of speech is barrable?
Barrable is an adjective.

Words near barrable in the dictionary

  1. barra boys
  2. Barra da Estiva
  3. Barraba
  4. barrabkie
  5. barrabkies
  6. barrable
  7. Barrabool
  8. barrabora
  9. barraboras
  10. barracan
  11. barracans

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