Liable /(lī"ȧ*b'l)/

Li·a·ble

Liable

a.
  1. Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable; as, the surety is liable for the debt of his principal.
  2. Exposed to a certain contingency or casualty, more or less probable; -- with to and an infinitive or noun; as, liable to slip; liable to accident.
    Proudly secure, yet liable to fall.
    All human things are subject to decay.