LIABLE

liable

Adjective

  1. Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.
    The surety is liable for the debt of his principal.
  2. Exposed to a certain contingency or casualty, more or less probable.
  3. Likely.
    Someone is liable to slip on your icy sidewalk.


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