actionable

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.

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.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: affording grounds for legal action

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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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