Find the word definition

The Collaborative International Dictionary
Colorable

Colorable \Col"or*a*ble\, a. Specious; plausible; having an appearance of right or justice. ``Colorable pretense for infidelity.''
--Bp. Stillingfleet. -- Col"or*a*ble*ness, n. -- Col"or*a*bly, adv.

Colorable and subtle crimes, that seldom are taken within the walk of human justice.
--Hooker.

Wiktionary
colorable

a. (standard spelling of from=American spelling lang=en colourable)

Wikipedia
Colorable

Colorable or colourable may refer to:

  • Graph coloring in Mathematics
  • in Law, that a legal burden of proof would be met at trial

Usage examples of "colorable".

Something that gives me a colorable right to act in her interests up to the point where I decided I can’t go any farther.