subpoenable
/səˈpinəbəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Capable of being, or permitted to be, subpoenaed.
Example Sentences
- "It has been astutely pointed out that: "As is often the case, the ultimate determination of what is discoverable under Rule 16 or subpoenable under Rule 17(c) depends upon the attitude that a district judge has about the nature of a criminal prosecution and the rights of both the Government and the defendant."
- "MDC argues that since there is no statutory authority mandating inclusion of the access clause in the parties' contract, MDC's documents are not subpoenable under 31 U.S.C. § 54(c)(1) (Supp. IV 1980)."
- "Discouraged, the defendant switched to "flawless English," and then went on to another expedient, advising that what he had been charged with doing was in fact the work of Satan; who of course was not subpoenable by the prosecutor."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more subpoenable (comparative)
most subpoenable (superlative)