: liable to be sued in court
su·abil·i·ty
ˌsüəˈbilətē 
-lətē,
-i
: the quality or state of being suable
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Adjective
Likely proceedings include early motions targeting the NYPD as a non-suable entity, challenges to the Monell policy claims against the city, qualified immunity defenses for individual officers, and shopkeeper’s privilege and defamation challenges from Target.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Blue Origin itself will provide modules, launching them using its now-on-development re-suable heavy-lift New Glenn rocket.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2021
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“Suable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suable. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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suable
adjective
su·able
ˈsü-ə-bəl
: capable of being or liable to be sued
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