Legal Definition and Related Resources of Colorable

That which is in appearance only, and not in reality, what it purports to be. counterfeit , feigned. Ray v beneficial finance Co. of New Jersey, 224 A.2d 143, 93 N.J. Super519.

(Plausible), adjective

• ad captandum
• alleged
• apparent
• apparently right
• ben trovato
• conceivable
• conjecturable
• convincing
• credible
• feasible
• in posse
• logical
• ostensible
• persuasive
• presumable
• presumptive
• rational
• reasonable
• seeming
• seemingly fair
• seemingly sound
• seemingly valid
• sensible
• supposable
• surmisable
• tenable
• thinkable
• verisimilis
• warrantable
• Associated Concepts: colorable authority
• colorable cause
• colorable claim
• colorable invocation of jurisdiction
• colorable title

(Specious), adjective

• appearing
• artful
• crafty
• deceitful
• deceiving
• deceptive
• delusive
• delusory
• factitious
• false
• feigned
• fraudulent
• sham
• trumped up
• untrue

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Colorable in the Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims

Existing in aspect merely; not real; as, a colorable abridgment or alteration of a copyrighted production, imitation of a trademark, assignment, claim or defense, change of possession, title, qq. v.

Note: This legal definition of Colorable in the Dictionary of Law (English and American Jurisprudence) is from 1893.