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What does colourable mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word colourable? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (obsolete) Colourful.
  2. Apparently true; specious; potentially justifiable.
  3. (now rare, sometimes law) Deceptive; fake, misleading.
    1. (law) In appearance only; not in reality what it purports to be, hence counterfeit, feigned.
  4. That can be coloured.
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In DCK there are no interlocking triples, the question of contextuality does not arise and DCK trivially is KS colourable.
He thought this was colourable, something invented after the event in order to give an excuse for not taking a man back who has been the subject of a reinstatement order.
In other words, the choice may not be simply between a bona fide claim and a colourable claim, for example.
There was no such similarity or colourable imitation in the title as to support the claim.
There is room to refuse Senate acceptance of Bill S-4 on the simple grounds that it is colourable legislation.
I would take it that it is a contempt of this House for a member to make colourable quorum calls.

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