All 3 Uses of
liable
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- Moreover, it was not at all unlikely that his wife would fail at her farming, if she had not already done so; and he would then become liable for her maintenance: and what a life such a future of poverty with her would be, the spectre of Fanny constantly between them, harrowing his temper and embittering her words!†
Chpt 49-51
- When a rake gambles away his expectations, the fact that it is an inconvenient debt doesn't make him the less liable.†
Chpt 49-51
- "Yet I don't see that, because a man appears to be drowned and was not, he should be liable for anything.†
Chpt 52-54 *
Definition:
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(liable as in: is legally liable) legally responsible