| Action |
| A suit or process, by which a demand is made of a right in
a court of justice; in a broad sense, a judicial proceeding for the
enforcement or protection of a right, the redress or prevention of a
wrong, or the punishment of a public offense. |
| Action |
| A right of action; as, the law gives an action for every
claim. |
| Action |
| A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or
in the public funds; hence, in the plural, equivalent to stocks. |
| Action |
| An engagement between troops in war, whether on land or
water; a battle; a fight; as, a general action, a partial action. |
| Action |
| The mechanical contrivance by means of which the impulse of
the player's finger is transmitted to the strings of a pianoforte or to
the valve of an organ pipe. |
| Actionable |
| That may be the subject of an action or suit at law;
as, to call a man a thief is actionable. |
| Actionably |
| In an actionable manner. |
| Actionary |
| Alt. of Actionist |
| Actionist |
| A shareholder in joint-stock company. |
| Actionless |
| Void of action. |
