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determinable

adj

Etymology

From determine + -able.

  1. derived from determino — “to bound, limit, prescribe, fix, determine”
  2. derived from determiner
  3. inherited from determinen
  4. suffixed as determinable — “determine + able”

Definitions

  1. able to be determined or limited

  2. able to be decided or settled by law

  3. Of a tenure or estate in land, able to be determined on the occurrence of some event.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. An attribute of something that is susceptible of determination into various states

      • It is certainly not a Moorean fact that there could have been other determinables or combinations of determinables than those that there actually are.

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Derived

determinableness, determinablism, fee simple determinable, predeterminable, term of years determinable

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