Amenable
Defined in 8 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Responsible; subject to answer in a court of justice; liable to punishment.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Responsible; subject to answer in a court of justice; liable to punishment.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
Tractable or manageable; responsible; risdiction of the court
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Subject to answer to the law; accountable; responsible; liable to punishment, Also means tractable, that may be easily led or governed; formerly applied to a wife who is governable by her husband. Cowell,
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
[from Fr. amener, amesner, to lead; or amcdnablef frorx Lmain, a hand.1 Tractable or manag^ble; that may be led or governed. Applied in the old books to a woman that is govemal^e by her husband. Cowell. ' See Amesnable. In modem usage, responsible; subject to answer in a court of justice. Jacob,
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
Responsible; subject to answer in a court of justice; liable to punishment.