stayable

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

stay +‎ -able

Adjective[edit]

stayable (not comparable)

  1. (law) Able to be stayed.
    • 1838, Thomas Cooper, David James McCord, The Statutes at Large of South Carolina: Acts from 1716 to 1752, page 813:
      SUITS. When stayable by injunction
    • 1970, United States Code Annotated, page 43:
      Miscellaneous stayable actions