Public liability is part of the law of tort which focuses on civil wrongs. An applicant (the injured party) usually sues the respondent (the owner or occupier)...

Liability insurance (also called third-party insurance) is a part of the general insurance system of risk financing to protect the purchaser (the "insured")...

Vicarious liability is a form of a strict, secondary liability that arises under the common law doctrine of agency, respondeat superior, the responsibility...

In criminal and civil law, strict liability is a standard of liability under which a person is legally responsible for the consequences flowing from an...

liable means "responsible or answerable in law; legally obligated". Legal liability concerns both civil law and criminal law and can arise from various areas...

Limited liability is a legal status in which a person's financial liability is limited to a fixed sum, most commonly the value of a person's investment...

Premises liability (known in some common law jurisdictions as occupiers' liability) is the liability that a landowner or occupier has for certain torts...

up liability in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Liability refers to the following: Legal liability, in both civil and criminal law Public liability, part...

Absolute liability is a standard of legal liability found in tort and criminal law of various legal jurisdictions. To be convicted of an ordinary crime...

Corporate liability, also referred to as liability of legal persons, determines the extent to which a company as a legal person can be held liable for...

Secondary liability, or indirect infringement, arises when a party materially contributes to, facilitates, induces, or is otherwise responsible for directly...

then the case is usually taken to court to decide liability and the amount of damages. Public liability insurance is mandatory in most countries and is...

Where two or more persons are liable in respect of the same liability, in most common law legal systems they may either be: severally liable, or jointly...

A liability waiver is a legal document that a person who participates in an activity may sign to acknowledge the risks involved in their participation...

damage awards and insurance costs have led to proposals to limit liability for public accounting firms. CPAs have an obligation to their clients to exercise...

Administrative liability in English law is an area of law concerning the tortious liability of public bodies in English law. The existence of private law...

Enterprise liability is a legal doctrine under which individual entities (for example, otherwise legally unrelated corporations or people) can be held...

Occupiers' liability is a field of tort law, codified in statute, which concerns the duty of care owed by those who occupy real property, through ownership...

In criminal law, strict liability is liability for which mens rea (Law Latin for "guilty mind") does not have to be proven in relation to one or more elements...

Product liability is the area of law in which manufacturers, distributors, suppliers, retailers, and others who make products available to the public are...

policy. A CGL insurance includes both public liability and product liability insurance. Whether or not general liability insurance covers construction defects...

jurisdictions, and Ireland. It is a limited liability company whose shares may be freely sold and traded to the public (although a PLC may also be privately...

Chancel repair liability is a legal obligation on a small number of property owners in England and Wales to pay for certain repairs to a church, often...

Professional liability insurance (PLI), also called professional indemnity insurance (PII) and commonly known as errors & omissions (E&O) in the US, is...

driver-assistance systems) are causing incremental shifts in the control of driving. Liability for incidents involving self-driving cars is a developing area of law...

Social host liability is created by a statute or case law that imposes liability on social hosts as a result of their serving alcohol to adults or minors...

The Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA), 45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq. (1908), is a United States federal law that protects and compensates railroaders injured...

Statutory Liability is a legal term indicating the liability of a party who may be held responsible for any action or omission due to a related law that...

include coverage for trip cancellation, lost luggage, flight delays, public liability, and other expenses. Travel insurance, are risk-based, and take into...

The legal principle of vicarious liability applies to hold one person liable for the actions of another when engaged in some form of joint or collective...