admissible
/ədˈmɪsɪb(ə)l
/adjective
1Acceptable or valid, especially as evidence in a court of law: the tape recording was admissible as evidence...
- The onus is now on legal council to establish evidence that is admissible in court of noncompliance on the part of the debtors.
- I doubt very much that such evidence would be admissible in an Australian court.
- The new Criminal Justice Bill would make hear-say evidence more readily admissible in court.
Synonyms
allowable, allowed, permissible, permitted, acceptable, passable, tolerable, satisfactory, justifiable, defensible, supportable, well founded, tenable, sound, sensible, reasonable;
legitimate, lawful, legal, licit, within the law, above board, valid, recognized, sanctioned
informal OK, okay, legit, kosher, pukka, by the book
2Having the right to be admitted to a place: foreigners were admissible only as temporary workers...
- The green card is given to foreigners who are admissible.
- All academic documents show the student admissible except for language proficiency.
- However, the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada limit the number of students admissible without a first degree to 10 percent.
Derivatives
admissibility
/ noun ...- My other concern about this is that there is no guarantee of the admissibility of evidence from the database in future cases.
- The summary bill seeks to deal with new provisions on the admissibility of written statements by witnesses as evidence.
- The admissibility of evidence provided by foreign governments is also cause for concern, he says.
Origin
Early 17th century: from medieval Latin admissibilis, from Latin admittere (see admit).