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1820 H. J. Nott & D. J. McCord Rep. Constit. Court S. Carolina 1 350 The only authority, produced in support of the actionability of such words, is a mere dictum..where it is said, ‘in offices of profit, words that impute either defect of understanding, of ability or integrity, are actionable.’

1883 J. B. Moyle tr. Institut. Justinian I. 46 Actionability is only one of such usual incidents.

1921 Yale Law Jrnl. 30 447 These also constituted conspiracies against the plaintiff; and while the British House of Lords has denied that they are actionable, the actionability has been distinctly affirmed by the Sherman Act.

1971 Internat. & Compar. Law Q. 20 151 Lord Diplock based the legality and actionability of the officers' acts on ultra vires.

2002 H. Beverley-Smith Commerc. Appropriation Personality ii. v. 130 The notion of actionability per se was expressly rejected in Krause.