Definition of liable

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

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Incur :: Incur (v. t.) To meet or fall in with, as something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to put one's self in the way of; to expose one's self to; to become liable or subject to; to bring down upon one's self; to encounter; to contract; as, to incur debt, danger, displeasure/ penalty, responsibility, etc..
Illabile :: Illabile (a.) Incapable of falling or erring; infalliable.
Strap :: Strap (n.) A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like; specifically, a strip of thick leather used in flogging..
Membranaceous :: Membranaceous (a.) Thin and rather soft or pliable, as the leaves of the rose, peach tree, and aspen poplar..
Liable :: Liable (v. t.) Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable; as, the surety is liable for the debt of his principal..
Ban :: Ban (n.) A calling together of the king's (esp. the French king's) vassals for military service; also, the body of vassals thus assembled or summoned. In present usage, in France and Prussia, the most effective part of the population liable to military duty and not in the standing army..
Liability :: Liability (n.) That which one is under obligation to pay, or for which one is liable..
Combustible :: Combustible (n.) A substance that may be set on fire, or which is liable to take fire and burn..
Accusable :: Accusable (a.) Liable to be accused or censured; chargeable with a crime or fault; blamable; -- with of.
Ticklish :: Ticklish (a.) Standing so as to be liable to totter and fall at the slightest touch; unfixed; easily affected; unstable.
Reim :: Reim (n.) A strip of oxhide, deprived of hair, and rendered pliable, -- used for twisting into ropes, etc..
Irrelapsable :: Irrelapsable (a.) Not liable to relapse; secure.
Liable :: Liable (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..
Reliability :: Reliability (n.) The state or quality of being reliable; reliableness.
Unstarch :: Unstarch (v. t.) To free from starch; to make limp or pliable.
Scrupulous :: Scrupulous (a.) Liable to be doubted; doubtful; nice.
Exceptionable :: Exceptionable (a.) Liable to exception or objection; objectionable.
Charge :: Charge (v. t.) To lay on, impose, or make subject to or liable for..
Flabile :: Flabile (a.) Liable to be blown about.
Insecurity :: Insecurity (n.) The condition or quality of being insecure; want of safety; danger; hazard; as, the insecurity of a building liable to fire; insecurity of a debt..
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