单词 | impeachable |
释义 | impeachableadj. Capable of being impeached, called in question, or accused; liable to impeachment; chargeable. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > [adjective] > accused or indicted > capable of being charged or indicted criminablec1500 impeachable1503 billable1579 indictable1706 prosecutable1742 1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 27 §9 The seid Maire..[shall] be nott hurted vexed impleted empeched nor empechable. 1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII c. 14 [He] standeth in danger, and is impechable of heresie. 1678 Lively Orac. iv. §27. 292 Would God none but the Romanist were impeachable of this detention of Scripture. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 573 All officers are impeachable. 1885 Law Rep.: Probate Div. 10 192 Assuming the deed not to be impeachable on those grounds. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1503 |
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