cognizable
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That case was dismissed in 2019 for a "failure to allege a cognizable legal theory"; the latest lawsuits' "natural" claims represent a different tactic.
From Salon • May 21, 2024
So the states have no “judicial cognizable interest” that the courts can redress.
From Slate • Jun. 23, 2023
“Police officers have a particular, cognizable privacy and liberty interest in not being publicly identified or having their personnel files or disciplinary records made publicly available,” the FOP’s amended complaint says.
From Washington Post • Dec. 21, 2022
The judge in that case called his suit “fanatic” and “delusional,” saying there was no way to “discern any cognizable claim” from the incoherent filings.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 16, 2022
Greek law and Roman law give the name of "insult" to legally cognizable injury to personality.
From An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law by Pound, Roscoe