colorable

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On top of a colorable selective and vindictive motion, Bolton may also have legal ethics claims for unfair pre-trail publicity and conflicts of interest.

From Salon • Oct. 19, 2025

“And I think Florida State knows that as well. I think they threw in anything they could potentially think of as a colorable argument to get them out of the grant-of-rights agreement.”

From Washington Times • Dec. 22, 2023

“Here there is simply no colorable claim of ownership over the broad ideas, public data, and common techniques expressed in the decree,” Melloy wrote.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 3, 2023

“How many cases will there be with a colorable claim of incitement against the president?” the judge asked.

From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2022

I am sure that it is hardly prudent to furnish them with such causes of complaint as every man who thinks the British Constitution a benefit may think at least colorable and plausible.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund