barrable

English

Etymology

From 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.

   • 1883, Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of Appeals and the High Court of Chancery of Maryland, page 229:

     The question then is brought to this, is it barrable by common deed?

Derived terms

• unbarrable