Actionable
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
For which an action will lie.
3 Bla. Com. 23. ACTI0NARY.
A commercial term used in Europe to denote a proprietor of shares or actions in a joint stock company. ACTI0NES N0MINAT/E (Lat named actions). In English Law. Those writs for which there were precedents in the English Chancery prior to the statute 13 Edw. I. (Westm. 2d) c.
34.
Prior to this statute, the clerks would issue no writs except in such actions. Steph. PI.
8; Barnet v. Ihrie, 17 S. & R. (Pa.) 195.
See Case; Action. ACTIONS (Fr.). Shares of corporate stock.