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actionable claim

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The words as enacted

"actionable claim" means a claim to any debt, other than a debt secured by mortgage of immoveable property or by hypothecation or pledge of moveable property, or to any beneficial interest in moveable property not in the possession, either actual or constructive, of the claimant, which the Civil Courts recognize as affording grounds for relief, whether such debt or beneficial interest be existent, accruing, conditional or contingent;

No scope words printed.

The words as enacted

"actionable claim" means a claim to any debt, other than a debt secured by mortgage of immoveable property or by hypothecation or pledge of moveable property, or to any beneficial interest in moveable property not in the possession, either actual or constructive, of the claimant, which the Civil Courts recognise as affording grounds for relief [...]

Scope words as printed: “In this Act, unless there is something repugnant in the subject or context,—”. This text from 1 July 1882.

The words as enacted

"actionable claim" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in section 3 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882

Scope words as printed: “In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires”. This text from 1 October 2025.

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