JUSTICIABILITY

justiciability (j[schwa]-stish-ee-[schwa]-bil-[schwa]-tee or j[schwa]-stish-[schwa]-bil-[schwa]-tee), n. The quality or state of being appropriate or suitable for adjudication by a court. See MOOTNESS DOCTRINE; RIPENESS. Cf. STANDING. [Cases: Action 6; Federal Courts 12. 1. C.J.S. Actions §§ 38–45.] “Concepts of justiciability have been developed to identify appropriate occasions for judicial action…. The central concepts often are elaborated […]