(law) The legal responsibility arising when a party materially contributes to, facilitates, induces or is otherwise responsible for directly infringing acts carried out by another party.

(law) The legal responsibility of the superior for the acts of their subordinate.

(Britain, law) the legal requirement for homeowners to pay for their local church's repairs

(law) A standard of legal liability by which a person can be found liable regardless of intent, fault or negligence.

Quality of being liable; liability.

plural of current liability

(accounting) A liability or financial obligation which will come due in the near-term (often within one year).

plural of public limited liability company

(law) a legal doctrine that allows a plaintiff to shift the burden of proving causation of her injury to multiple defendants, even though only one of them could have been responsible

Pronunciation spelling of little.