Liable

['laɪəb(ə)l] or ['laɪəbl]

Definition

(adj.) held legally responsible; 'men between the ages of 18 and 35 were liable for military service' .

(adj.) (often followed by `to') likely to be affected with; 'liable to diabetes' .

(adj.) subject to legal action; 'liable to criminal charges' .

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Definition

(v. t.) Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable; as, the surety is liable for the debt of his principal.

(v. t.) Exposed to a certain contingency or casualty, more or less probable; -- with to and an infinitive or noun; as, liable to slip; liable to accident.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Answerable, responsible, accountable, amenable.[2]. Exposed, subject, obnoxious.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

[See AMENABLE]

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Definition

adj. able to be bound or obliged: responsible: tending to: subject: (Shak.) exposed: suitable.—ns. Liabil′ity state of being liable: that for which one is liable an obligation debt &c.; Lī′ableness state of being liable.—Employers' Liability Act an enactment (1880) making employers answerable to their servants for the negligence of those to whom they have delegated their authority; Limited liability a principle of modern statute law which attempts to limit the responsibilities of shareholders in a partnership joint-stock company &c. by the extent of their personal interest therein.

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