liability
Defined in 7 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Abbott (1879)
United States Code
15 U.S.C. § 3901 — as used in this chapter (2 versions over time)
“liability”—
(A) means legal liability for damages (including costs of defense, legal costs and fees, and other claims expenses) because of injuries to other persons, damage to their property, or other damage or loss to such other persons resulting from or arising out of—
(i) any business (whether profit or nonprofit), trade, product, services (including professional services), premises, or operations, or
(ii) any activity of any State or local government, or any agency or political subdivision thereof; and
(B) does not include personal risk liability and an employer’s liability with respect to its employees other than legal liability under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (45 U.S.C. 51 et seq.);
26 U.S.C. § 358 — for purposes of this section
For purposes of this subsection, the term “liability” shall include any fixed or contingent obligation to make payment, without regard to whether the obligation is otherwise taken into account for purposes of this title.
26 U.S.C. § 455 — for purposes of this section
The term “liability” means a liability to furnish or deliver a newspaper, magazine, or other periodical.
26 U.S.C. § 456 — for purposes of this section
The term “liability” means a liability to render services or make available membership privileges over a period of time which does not exceed 36 months, which liability shall be deemed to exist ratably over the period of time that such services are required to be rendered, or that such membership privileges are required to be made available.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Responsibility; the state of one who is bound in law and 'justice to do something which may be enforced by action. This liability may arise from contracts either express or implied, or in consequence of torts committed.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Responsibility; the state of one who is bound in law and justice to do something which may be enforced by action. Mc Elfresh v. Klrkendall, 36 la. 226; Wood V. Currey, 57 Cal. 209; Joslin v. Car Spring Co., 36 N. J. L. 145. This liability may arise from contracts either express or implied, or in consequence of torts committed. The state of being bound or obliged in law or justice. Joslin v. Car Spring Co., 36
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The state of being bound or obliged in law or justice to do, pay, or make good something; legal responsibility. 86 Iowa, 226; 36 N. J. Law, 145; 57 Cal. 209.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Amenability or responsibility to law; the condition of one who is subject to a charge or duty which may be judicially enforced. Liable: amenable or chargeable in some judicial proceeding. Liability may include punishment for crime as well as amenability to civil remedies. United States v. Ulrici, 3 Dill. 5.32. An act of congress declaring that, on commission of a certain act, the property involved shall be liable to forfeiture, does not mean that the property shall not vest in the government until after a seizure; but only expresses the contingency that government may not discover the forfeiture, or may not choose to prosecute. The Mary Celeste, 2 Low. 354.