Practicable
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
PRACTICABLY.
Practicable is that which may be done, practiced, or accomplished, that which is performable, feasible, possible; and the adverb practically means in a practical manner.
Streeter v. Streeter, 43 111. 165.
Reasonably practicable, when used in directing the observance of a set of affirmative and negative rules, will usually apply to the negative; 16 Q. B. D. 340. Where a statute provides that persons having in charge animals affected with a contagious disease shall notify the police of the fact with all practicable speed, it was held to.be necessary that the person shall have knowledge of the animal’s being diseased before it becomes neglect to give notice; L. R. 8 C. P. 322.