admissible

Allowed in court

Admissible describes something that can be allowed or accepted.

In legal contexts, admissible evidence meets the rules for being considered by a court: The judge ruled the recording admissible.

More broadly, admissible means worthy of consideration or entry: admissible to the program, an admissible interpretation of the data.

permissible

allowed

Granted permission to proceed

approved · legitimate · lawful · valid · acceptable · endorsed · ratified · certified · consented · granted

legal

evidence

Facts supporting truth

affidavit · deposition · hearsay · objection · cross-examination · witness · subpoena · discovery · probative · materiality

relevant

pertinent

Directly related to something

appropriate · related · fitting · apt · suitable · proper · corresponding · connected · apposite · apropos

acceptable

suitable

Proper for purpose

tolerable · passable · decent · respectable · proper · fitting · agreeable · welcome · favorable · sufficient

Categories
Opposites
legal/procedural permissibility

admissibleinadmissible

Not allowed as evidence

excluded · suppressed · disallowed · barred · rejected

general acceptability

admissibleimpermissible

Not permitted by rules

inadmissible · forbidden · prohibited · banned · unacceptable

Phrases
Family

inadmissible, admissibility, inadmissibility

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