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.