Responsibility
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The obligation to answer for an act done, either civilly or criminally, and to repair any injury it may have caused.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The obligation to answer for an act done and to repair any injury it may have caused. One person — as, for example, a principal, master, or parent — is frequently responsible, civilly, for the acts of another. Penal responsibility is always personal; and no one can be punished for the commission of a crime but the person who has committed it, or his accomplice.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910