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2 meanings

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1 —as in:
is legally liable

Definition

held legally responsible

liable = held legally responsible

Other Uses (with this meaning)

They jury concluded that Starbucks is not liable for burns their customer received when coffee spilled into her lap.

liable = held legally responsible

if anyone bothers you tell them 'tis government orders and they're not to interfere in government business and if they lay a finger on you they're liable to arrest, imprisonment and a large fine
Frank McCourt -- Angela's Ashes

liable = held legally responsible

As he cannot be influenced by those feelings which you rank highly as temptation and reward to the soldier and sailor in their choice of a profession, as heroism, and noise, and fashion, are all against him, he ought to be less liable to the suspicion of wanting sincerity or good intentions in the choice of his.
Jane Austen -- Mansfield Park

liable = thought guilty

You have heard that the ancients were told, '"YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT MURDER" and "Whoever commits murder shall be liable to the court."
Matthew 5:21 (NASB)
He is liable for direct damage both to your chimneys and any collateral damage caused by fall of bricks into garden, etc.
Rudyard Kipling -- Actions and Reactions
When driving about, he felt that he was held liable by the police for anything that might occur in the streets, and was the common prey of all energetic officials.
Stephen Crane -- Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
men between the ages of 18 and 35 were liable for military service

2 —as in:
she is liable to

Definition

likely to; or maybe going to

liable = likely to; or maybe going to

Other Uses (with this meaning)

liable = likely

liable = may (maybe going to)

Mike was liable to exaggerate when he got excited.
Dalton Trumbo -- Johnny Got His Gun

liable = likely to; or maybe going to

I afterwards hired a mule, as the more sure-footed and least liable to receive injury on these rugged roads.
Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein

liable = likely

"I am a mortal," Scrooge remonstrated, "and liable to fall."
Charles Dickens -- A Christmas Carol

liable = maybe going to

He snatched the book from me and replaced it hastily on its shelf, muttering that if one brick was removed the whole library was liable to collapse.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Great Gatsby

liable = maybe going to

He's liable to start somethin', and there's some little folks here.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

liable = maybe going to

He hated using his hands, and he hated bending down, which was always liable to start him coughing.
George Orwell -- 1984

liable = maybe going to

"Princess Alyss is dead!" the tree said loudly, as if for the benefit of an unseen but all-hearing force liable to inflict great hurt at the slightest provocation.
Frank Beddor -- The Looking Glass Wars

liable = likely

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