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

He concluded that while the grand jury’s work is ongoing, it would be “premature” to say the school system has been damaged: “I do not believe that there is a cognizable, irreparable harm here.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 11, 2022

Moon said Robert’s examples of hazing incidents did not “rise to the level of a policy or practice that is legally cognizable as discriminatory.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 30, 2021

It seems to me that modern science does render the existence of such a substance probable, though not cognizable by the senses.

From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Hitchcock, Edward