Blnmable; censurable; In-volving tiie breach of a legal duty or the commission of a fault. The term is not nec-.essarily equivalent to “criminal,” for, in pres-ent use. aud notwithstanding its derivation, it implies that the act or conduct spoken of is reprehensible or wrong but uot that it Involves malice or a guilty purpose. "Culpa-hle” in fact connotes fault rather than guilt
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
