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Webster 1913 Edition

Actionable

Ac′tion-a-ble

,

Adj.

[Cf. LL.

actionabilis

. See

.]

That may be the subject of an action or suit at law;

as, to call a man a thief is

actionable

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Actionable

AC'TIONABLE

,

Adj.

That will bear a suit, or for which an action at law may be sustained; as, to call a man a thief is actionable.