LIABLE
\lˈa͡ɪəbə͡l], \lˈaɪəbəl], \l_ˈaɪ_ə_b_əl]\
Definitions of LIABLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Legal Glossary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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held legally responsible; "men between the ages of 18 and 35 were liable for military service"
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subject to legal action; "liable to criminal charges"
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(often followed by `to') likely to be affected with; "liable to diabetes"
By Princeton University
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held legally responsible; "men between the ages of 18 and 35 were liable for military service"
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subject to legal action; "liable to criminal charges"
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(often followed by `to') likely to be affected with; "liable to diabetes"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable; as, the surety is liable for the debt of his principal.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable; as, the surety is liable for the debt of his principal.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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Legally responsible. For example, a person may be liable for a debt, liable for an accident due to careless behavior, liable for failing do something required by a contract or liable for the commission of a crime. Someone who is found liable for an act or ommission must usually pay damages or, if the act was a criminal one, face punishment. See also liability.
By Oddity Software
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Exposed to damage, danger, expense, etc.; as, liable to misfortune; answerable; responsible.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
