Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

Liable

A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889

A Dictionary of Law

e 1.

Bound, bound for, obligated; responsible, answerable, accountable, chargeable with: as, liable for money.

3.

Subject to; exposed to. That a vessel shall be "liable" to forfeiture for using a certificate of registry to which it is not entitled, implies that the government may not discover or enforce the forfeiture.' 'Broom, Max. 243-51; 110 U. S. 460; 14 Gray, 78; 3 Johns. 593; 103 N. Y: 347; 44 Ohio St. 1 71; 7 Pa. 806, S14.

2 Broom, Max. 243; 8Cranch,346; 17N.H.411; 55 id. 211; 55Vt. 153. 3 1 Bl. Com. 63. « 0 How. 545; 94 U. S. 6)5; 97 id. 33; 30 P. R. B5; 105