Hypertext Webster Gateway: "actionable"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Actionable \Ac"tion*a*ble\, a. [Cf. LL. actionabilis. See
{Action}.]
That may be the subject of an action or suit at law; as, to
call a man a thief is actionable.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

actionable
adj : affording grounds for legal action; "slander is an
actionable offense"


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