demandableadj.
/dɪˈmɑːndəb(ə)l//dɪˈmandəb(ə)l/ That may be demanded or claimed.
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society > authority > command > command or bidding > [adjective] > demanded > able to be
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1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 62 We did no lesse..in the behalfe of our countrie, then of dutie was demaundable.
1602 W. Fulbecke Pandectes 43 Certaine ministeries or dutifull respectes were by reason of such Leagues due and demaundable.
1666 S. Pepys Diary 30 Mar. (1972) VII. 85 2000l..demandable at two days' warning.
1720 London Gaz. No. 5894/3 The..Interest..shall be demandable by the Bearers.
1805 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. V. 276 Any writ, by which lands are demandable.
1885 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 28 472 A rate due and demandable at the time it was made.
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