cog·ni·za·ble /'käg-nə-zə-bəl, käg-'nī-/ adj
1: capable of being known; specif: capable of being recognized as a group because of a common characteristic (as race or gender)
◇ Systematic exclusion of members of a cognizable group from a jury violates the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution, which requires that jurors be selected from jury pools that represent a fair cross section of the community.
2: capable of being judicially heard and determined
a cognizable claim
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.