a. [f. CLAIM v. + -ABLE.] That may be claimed.

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1611.  Cotgr., Clamable, claimable.

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1675.  Howe, Living Temple, Wks. (1834), 96/2. A secret intention gives not a claimable right.

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1856.  Ruskin, Mod. Paint., IV. V. xx. § 5. The violet … and wood anemone are … claimable by the plains as well as the hills.

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1875.  Poste, Gaius, III. § 42. Half the estate is claimable by the patron.

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  Claimance, the action of claiming: see QUIT-CLAIMANCE.

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