barrable

English

Etymology

bar +‎ -able

Adjective

barrable (not comparable)

  1. (law) Capable of being barred (prevented).
    • 1876, Sir Henry Studdy Theobald, A concise treatise on the construction of wills:
      The doctrine of perpetuity was excluded not because the remainder was legal but because it was barrable.
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