admissible

adjective

ad·​mis·​si·​ble əd-ˈmi-sə-bəl 

ad-

1

: capable of being allowed or conceded : permissible

evidence legally admissible in court

2

: capable or worthy of being admitted

admissible to the university

admissibility

əd-ˌmi-sə-ˈbi-lə-tē 

ad-

noun

Synonyms

• allowable
• permissible

Examples of admissible in a Sentence

The judge decided that the confession was admissible in court.

using direct quotations without naming your source is not admissible

Recent Examples on the Web

That prevents them from tainting the jury pool with information or views that may not be admissible at trial. —Henry Olsen, National Review, 2 Nov. 2023

Today's testimony was unusual because US District Judge Lewis Kaplan sent the jury home for the day to conduct a hearing on whether certain parts of his testimony are admissible. —Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 26 Oct. 2023

And despite a lengthy hearing on the letter prior to that trial, as well as several state court decisions — including from Wisconsin’s high court — in Griesbach’s view, the document shouldn’t have been admissible. —Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 12 Oct. 2023

Polygraphs are not admissible in criminal court in Wisconsin because they are considered unreliable. —Gina Barton, USA TODAY, 20 July 2023

In its response, DYG informed that its mineral exploration activities in Xinjiang terminated in 2008, which is according to them, prior to the admissible period. —Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 16 July 2023

The only comment we are permitted to make is the following: The Arbitrator ruled that because we were denied an opportunity for cross-examination, on the current state of the record, the deposition testimony of Mr. Wilks is not admissible. —Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 31 Aug. 2023

But the text messages, which were allowed in the U.K. trial, were not admissible in the Virginia courtroom. —Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023

The judge also instructed the jury to consider the account of the confession as admissible as evidence only against the defendant who had made it. —Charlie Savage, New York Times, 23 June 2023

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Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French, probably borrowed from Medieval Latin admissibilis, from Latin admissus (past participle of admittere "to admit entry 1") + -ibilis -ible

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

admissible

adjective

ad·​mis·​si·​ble əd-ˈmis-ə-bəl 

: that can be or is worthy to be admitted or allowed

admissible evidence

admissibility

-ˌmis-ə-ˈbil-ət-ē 

noun

Legal Definition

admissible

adjective

ad·​mis·​si·​ble əd-ˈmi-sə-bəl, ad- 

: capable of being allowed or permitted

the difficulty would be lessened if entries in books of account were admissible as prima facie evidence

—B. N. Cardozo

admissibility

-ˌmi-sə-ˈbi-lə-tē 

noun