Issuable

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Issuable \Is"su*a*ble\, a. [From {Issue}.]
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     1. Leading to, producing, or relating to, an issue; capable
        of being made an issue at law. --Burrill.
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     2. Lawful or suitable to be issued; as, a writ issuable on
        these grounds.
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     {Issuable plea} (Law), a plea to the merits, on which the
        adverse party may take issue and proceed to trial.
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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  ISSUABLE, practice. Leading or tending to an issue. An issuable plea is one 
  upon which the plaintiff can take issue and proceed to trial.