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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

Liable to punishment; subject to jurisdiction.

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

Subject to answer to the Jaw; accountable; responsible; liable to pun-lshment. Miller v. Com., 1 Duv. (Ky.) 17. Also means tractable, that may be easily led or governed: formerly applied to a wife who is governable by her husband. Cowell.

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.