Example sentences of "[verb] liable [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 No injustice would be caused to these States by holding them to their agreement , for ‘ as a general rule , those who engage in transactions of an economic nature are deemed liable for the obligations which flow therefrom ’ .
2 It was but lately that realty had been made liable for the debts of its deceased owner .
3 It came as some surprise to the board when they were informed that , although it seemed unreasonable for them to have to know what was going on , they could be made liable for the damage .
4 It would be usual in this connection for partners to be expressly permitted to act as solicitors for their own families free of charge except for any disbursements or out of pocket expenses incurred by the firm ( Clause 13.05 ) ; ( 3 ) requiring each partner to be responsible for the prompt discharge of his separate obligations and to indemnify his co-partners should circumstances ever arise in which they could be made liable for the same .
5 The duration of a partner 's liability is the subject of s17 of the Partnership Act : ( 1 ) A person who is admitted as a partner into an existing firm does not thereby become liable to the creditors of the firm for anything done before he became a partner .
6 Between 1629 and 1638 Grosvenor was imprisoned in the Fleet , having become liable for the debts of his brother-in-law , Peter Daniel esquire .
7 Order 29 , r17 provides for adjustment at trial between a defendant who has made an interim payment and his co-defendants who are found liable to the plaintiff .
8 Even with interest , that did not match the £55,000 tender and Mrs Clark was found liable to the police force for its expenses from the date of the offer in June 1991 .
9 Its outstanding claims involving accountancy firms currently stand at $3bn , and under joint and several liability , the auditors could be found liable for the entire amount sought from all defendants , regardless of the degree of blame .
10 Mr Allan was also found liable in the expenses of the Complainers and of the Committee as the same might be taxed on a Solicitor and Client basis .
11 Mr Soper was also found liable in the expenses of the Complainers and of the Committee as the same might be taxed on a Solicitor and Client basis .
12 If the new husband 's financial status is not acceptable to the mortgagee , so that the mortgagee is only prepared to agree to a conveyance of the property to the wife and new husband if the husband remains liable under the original mortgage , then it would seem reasonable for the husband to comply only with the terms of the court order or matrimonial agreement ( to which of course the new husband is not a party ) and not to convey/transfer to the wife and the new husband .
13 The seller may seek to make the buyer liable to indemnify him or her in perpetuity , thereby placing the buyer in the same invidious position of the original lessee , who remains liable for the whole of the term of the lease to whomever it may have passed .
14 Thus , unless s83 above applies , a mortgaged property transferred from one spouse to another or into joint names will incur a charge to stamp duty unless it is clear that the transferor alone remains liable for the debt .
15 ‘ Generally speaking , an original lessee prima facie remains liable to the reversioner for the payment of the rent throughout the term , even after it has been assigned .
16 It is well known that an original tenant remains liable on the covenants in the lease , even after an assignment .
17 For , in the absence of a contrary agreement with the original lessor , the original tenant remains liable throughout the entire term of the lease irrespective of the fact that he or she may have assigned or sold the tenancy to another .
18 There was an unresolved discussion in the case as to whether the lessee continued liable for the entire rent or merely for an apportioned part of it , which is all that the plaintiff claimed .
19 If a bank disobeys the instructions in a special crossing , then it becomes liable to the owner if any loss is suffered .
20 If such drawing out occurs , then a limited partner becomes liable for the debts and obligations of the firm to the extent of that withdrawal .
21 Once the alternative assessments ceased to be enforceable , the taxpayer became liable to the tax assessed , and this was not capable of any serious challenge .
22 If the husband is prepared to remain liable under the mortgage he should remain a trustee of the legal estate ( which could stand in the names of the husband , the wife and new husband ) so that he will know the state of the mortgage account and so that a further advance or a second charge can not be created without his consent .
23 The loser should remain liable for the first instance costs , which would have been incurred in any event .
24 This is caused by the doctrine of privity of contract by which an original tenant ( or subsequent tenant who has given direct covenants to the landlord ) will remain liable under the covenants in the lease throughout the term ( unless released by the landlord ) and therefore can be called upon to pay back rents or remedy breaches of covenant , where default has occurred .
25 The right of shareholders to restrain directors from entering into transactions that fall outside the company 's objects is preserved , however , and the directors remain liable to the company for any loss that may result from entering into such transactions , and to that extent the doctrine of ultra vires survives .
26 In determining whether the defendants ought to be held liable under the rule in Rylands v. Fletcher , the learned judge considered that he ought to pay regard to ( i ) the quantities of combustible materials which the defendants brought onto the land ; ( ii ) the way in which they stored them ; and ( iii ) the character of the neighbourhood .
27 The plaintiff 's horse ate some leaves and died and the defendants were held liable under the rule in Rylands v. Fletcher .
28 An omnibus company was held liable for the act of one of its drivers , who overturned a rival omnibus while racing with it and obstructing it , although directions had been issued to the driver forbidding such conduct .
29 In an 1884 case , the Divisional Court held that an artisan whose wife had bought blankets at the door for 22/6d when he had given her permission to spend but 17/6d , could not be held liable for the extra sum .
30 Anyone resident in a house could be held liable for the support of other household members , which meant that a wage-earning son or daughter often moved out of the home in order not to diminish the unemployed parents ' entitlement to benefit .
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