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Liable

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

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

(2):

(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Liable'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​l/liable.html. 1828.