liable
31liable — Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; chargeable; answerable; compellable to make satisfaction, compensation, or restitution. Homan v. Employers Reinsurance Corporation, 345 Mo. 650, 136 S.W.2d 289, 298. Obligated; accountable for or… …
32liable — [15] Today’s main meaning of liable, ‘likely to’, is a comparatively recent development. Its primary sense is ‘legally bound or obliged’ (as in ‘liable for someone else’s debts’), which goes right back to the word’s ultimate source, Latin ligāre… …
33liable — adjective /ˈlaɪəbl̩/ a) Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable. The surety is liable for the debt of his principal. b) Exposed to a certain contingency or casualty …
34liable — , likely, apt, prone. All four indicate probability, but they carry distinctions worth noting. Apt is better reserved for general probabilities ( It is apt to snow in January ) and likely for specific ones ( It is likely to snow today ). Liable …
35liable — See apt, liable, likely …
36liable — Legally responsible for a debt, an accident, an unfulfilled obligation (under a contract) or a crime. A person found liable for an act or omission usually must pay damages or, if the act was a criminal one, face punishment. See liability …
37liable — predic.adj. 1 legally bound. 2 (foll. by to) subject to (a tax or penalty). 3 (foll. by to + infin.) under an obligation. 4 (foll. by to) exposed or open to (something undesirable). 5 disp. (foll. by to + infin.) apt, likely (it is liable to… …
38liable to do something — phrase likely to do something bad or unpleasant The handle is liable to break. Thesaurus: possible and able to be donesynonym Main entry: liable …
39liable to something — phrase likely to suffer from something unpleasant Many parts of the country are liable to flooding. Thesaurus: in a difficult situationsynonym Main entry: liable …
40liable to be completed — index determinable (liable to be terminated) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
