admissible
adjective/ədˈmɪsəbəl/
Frequency rank: #14,694 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
Acceptable or allowed, especially as valid evidence in a legal proceeding.
Example sentence
The judge decided that the new evidence was admissible in court.
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