liable in damages

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• liable — li·a·ble / lī ə bəl/ adj [ultimately from Old French lier to bind, from Latin ligare] 1: answerable according to law: bound or obligated according to law or equity one is liable as an accomplice to the crime of another W. R. LaFave and A. W.… …   Law dictionary

• damages — [plural] ► LAW money that a person or organization is ordered by a court of law to pay to another person or organization because they are responsible for harming them in some way: »They want the rival company to withdraw the product and pay… …   Financial and business terms

• Damages (Jewish law) — Part of a series on …   Wikipedia

• liable — [[t]la͟ɪ͟əb(ə)l[/t]] 1) PHR MODAL When something is liable to happen, it is very likely to happen. Only a small minority of the mentally ill are liable to harm themselves or others. Syn: be likely to 2) ADJ GRADED: v link ADJ to n If people or… …   English dictionary

• Damages (disambiguation) — Damages is the money paid or awarded to a claimant in a civil action. Damages may also refer to: Damages (Jewish law), a range of jurisprudential topics that roughly correspond in secular law to torts Damages (TV series), a legal drama Nezikin or …   Wikipedia

• liable / libel —    Liable means legally responsible for or subject to : Tom is liable to pay for the damage if he doesn t prove his innocence.    Libel is a noun that means a slanderous statement that damages another person s reputation : Bertrand was sued for… …   Confused words

• liable / libel —    Liable means legally responsible for or subject to : Tom is liable to pay for the damage if he doesn t prove his innocence.    Libel is a noun that means a slanderous statement that damages another person s reputation : Bertrand was sued for… …   Confused words

• DAMAGES — Assessment In Jewish law, once the tortfeasor s liability for the damage has been established and he is ordered to compensate for the loss, the measure of damages requires determination. This is done by assessing the market price of the damaged… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• damages — ➡ legal system * * * In law, the money awarded to a party in a civil suit as reparation for the loss or injury for which another is liable. The theory of an award of damages in a personal injury or other tort case is that injured parties should… …   Universalium

• liable —    Legally responsible for a debt, an accident, an unfulfilled obligation (under a contract) or a crime. A person found liable for an act or omission usually must pay damages or, if the act was a criminal one, face punishment. See liability …   Business law dictionary

• apt, liable, likely — Distinctions in the meanings of these words have broken down somewhat, but careful speakers continue to observe them. Apt suggests fitness or tendency: Jake is apt in physics. Liable implies exposure to something unwanted, disadvantageous, or… …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions