actionable

(ăk'shə-nə-bəl)
adj.

1. Giving cause for legal action: an actionable statement.
2. Relating to or being information that allows a decision to be made or action to be taken.

actionably ac'tion·a·bly adv.

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adjective

Subject to legal proceedings: Law litigable, prosecutable, triable. See law.

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

Giving sufficient legal grounds for a lawsuit; giving rise to a cause of action.

An act, event, or occurrence is said to be actionable when there are legal grounds for basing a lawsuit on it. For example, an assault is an actionable tort.

A business directive or investment strategy that can feasibly be accomplished in the near future.  Company managers and investors try to identify things that are currently actionable, as they may be prerequisites toward accomplishing future goals and higher level directives.

This usage is different from the standard legal definition of actionable, which means that something has provided sufficient grounds to file a lawsuit.

Investopedia Says:
For example, a mutual fund may spend a month researching a company, but only when an actual trade to purchase the stock is prepared does the decision become "actionable".

Investors often look to certain times of the year when their investments (current or proposed) may become actionable. Such times are often around earnings season, as it's a natural time to assess where a company is heading and how well it has accomplished prior goals set for the current period.

Another time when investment decisions may move from "proposed" to "actionable" is when changes are made to short-term interest rates, or when major life transitions such as changing jobs, buying a home, or retirement are just around the corner.  

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - retsstridig, ikke-lovmæssig

Nederlands (Dutch)
aanleiding gevende voor vervolging

Français (French)
adj. - passible de poursuite, recevable (une revendication)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - verklagbar, gerichtlich verfolgbar

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (νομ.) αγώγιμος, παράνομος

Italiano (Italian)
processabile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - acionável

Русский (Russian)
дающий основания для судебного преследования

Español (Spanish)
adj. - procesable

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - åtalbar

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
可起诉的, 可控告的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 可起訴的, 可控告的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 기소할 수 있는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 訴因を与える, 起訴できる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) موجب لإقامه دعوى‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שיש סיבה לנקוט בפעולה משפטית נגדו, בר-תביעה, תביע‬

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