they told him their comming was for some extraordinary tooles and shift of apparell; by this colourable excuse, they obtained 6. or 7. more to their confederacie [...].
These three examples have what may be called a colourable claim for a public justification: they do not appear to us as checkerboard statues because, looking at the distinctions they draw, we presume the required justification does exist.
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colourable — justifiable on the face of it. So lawyers speak of a colourable argument, case or warrant. Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001 … Law dictionary
colourable — (Brit.) col·our·a·ble || kÊŒlÉ™rÉ™bl adj. able to be colored or painted (also colorable) … English contemporary dictionary
colourable — (US colorable) adjective 1》 capable of being coloured. 2》 apparently correct or justified. ↘counterfeit; pretended … English new terms dictionary
colourable — /ˈkʌlərəbəl/ (say kuluhruhbuhl) adjective 1. capable of being coloured. 2. specious; plausible. 3. pretended; deceptive. Also, colorable. –colourability /kʌlərəˈbɪləti/ (say kuluhruh biluhtee), colourableness, noun –colourably, adverb …
colourable — adj. (US colorable) 1 specious, plausible. 2 counterfeit. Derivatives: colourably adv … Useful english dictionary
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