Legal Definition and Related Resources of Amenable
Meaning of Amenable
Responsible; subject to answer in a court of justice; liable to punishment.
Translate Amenable from English to Spanish
Translation of Amenable, with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Responsable and other legal terms is available here.
- Responsable
- Sujeto a
- Tratable
- Dócil
- Legal English Translation
What does Amenable mean in American Law?
The definition of Amenable in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:
Able to be made to do something, either because of the willingness of a person, or the power of someone else over him or the situation, e.g., “He was amenable to argument”; or “A domestic corporation is amenable to the process of this court.” Cf. obedient.
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Synonyms of Amenable
adjective
- accessible
- acquiescent
- agreeable
- amiable
- available
- compliant
- dicto oboediens
- flexible
- impressionable
- in fluenceable
- movable
- obedient
- open to suggestions
- persuadable
- persuasible
- pervious
- pliable
- pliant
- reasonable
- responsible
- suasible
- tractable
- yielding Associated Concepts: amenable to process
Grammar
This term is an adjetive.
Etimology of Amenable
(You may find amenable at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms).
1590s, “liable to make answer or defense, accountable,” from Anglo-French amenable, from Old French amener “bring, take, conduct, lead” (to the law), from à “to” (see ad-) + mener “to lead,” from Latin minare “to drive (cattle) with shouts,” variant of minari “threaten” (see menace; this term is also a noun.). Sense of “tractable” is from 1803, from notion of “disposed to answer or submit to influence.” Related: Amenably.
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