Liability
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
The state of being bound or obliged in law or justice to do, pay or make good something; legal responsibility.
Wood v. Currey, 57 Cal. 209; McElfresh v. Kirkendall, 36 Iowa, 225; Benge v. Bowling, 106 Ky. 575, 51 S. W. 151; Joslin v. New Jersey Car-Spring Co., 36 N. J. Law, 145.