LIABLE

a.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

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

2.
a.

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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