LekhoriLekhoriBound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.
The surety is liable for the debt of his principal.
Subject; susceptible; prone.
This crime is liable to imprisonment for life.
Exposed to a certain contingency or causality, more or less probable.
Electronic devices are liable to malfunction when exposed to extreme heat.
From Old French lier (“to bind”), from Latin ligare (“to bind, to tie”).
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