actionable
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- adjective
- /ˈækʃənəbl/
- Formal
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demandable
- His comments were deemed actionable, providing grounds for a defamation lawsuit.
- actionable nuisances
- actionable in both jurisdictions
If someone extends his hand to you for a handshake and then breaks the bones of your hand, that painful injury would surely justify an actionable claim.
- If someone extends his hand to you for a handshake and then breaks the bones of your hand, that painful injury would surely justify an actionable claim.
- And, and, and whether that's legally actionable and whether one thinks that means he's a bad president or not isn't a matter of opinion, but facts are facts.
Examples
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As with corporate misrepresentations and insider trading under Rule 10b-5, the misstatement or omission is actionable only if it relates to a "material fact."
Academic text (2016) -
The latter, in particular, has legal meaning and is actionable where defamation is in question.
Blog text (31) -
Our lawyers say it's actionable.
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However, with no property rights, the farmers had no actionable claim against those causing the problem.
Academic text (1992) -
"We might have the basis of a suit or at least an actionable tort here.
Fiction book (1998) -
First, under defamation law, only statements of fact, and not opinion, are actionable.
Academic text (1991) -
Right now, in cash," Daragon said, "Attempted bribery of a BTL officer is an actionable offense."
Fiction book (2000) -
If someone extends his hand to you for a handshake and then breaks the bones of your hand, that painful injury would surely justify an actionable claim.
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But Mr. Halpin noted that 319 of the corps's dams were considered actionable from a safety standpoint.
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In Oncale, the Court ultimately held that male-on-male sexual harassment was actionable under Title VII, regardless of whether the drafters of Title VII had originally contemplated it.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
A problem or case that a court can decide
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word actionable comes from the word action ('an act' or 'doing') and the ending -able ('can be done'). So in law, something actionable is strong enough to lead to a 'legal action' or lawsuit.