English-German translations for liable

• fehlbar
• fehlbar haftbar
• haftbar
  Länder sind nicht haftbar für die Schulden anderer Länder. Countries are not liable for each other's debts.
  Wenn die Industrie im Besitz einer Umweltgenehmigung ist, dann ist sie nie haftbar. If industry has an environmental permit, it can never be liable.
  Sie haftbar zu machen, kann die angebotenen Verkehrsdienste nur verbessern. However, making them liable can only help improve the services offered.
• haftend
• haftpflichtig
• neigend
• unterworfen
  Dieser pro-europäische Bezug bedeutet natürlich, dem in Brüssel geltenden Dogma verpflichtet und unterworfen zu sein. This pro-European reference of course means being liable for and subject to the dogma that pertains in Brussels.

Definition of liable

• bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable
• subject; susceptible
• exposed to a certain contingency or causality, more or less probable

Examples

• The surety is liable for the debt of his principal.
• This crime is liable to imprisonment for life
• A man liable to heart disease
• Someone is liable to slip on your icy sidewalk.

Related words

• reliable
• unreliable
• pliable
• reliableness
• conciliable
• affiliable
• irreconciliable
• liable to flare up
• liable to a charge