civil liability
noun[C]
LAWukuspluralcivil liabilitiesthelegalresponsibilityofpayingmoneyfordamageto another person'shealth,business, orproperty:
Companydirectorsfacecriminalandcivilliabilityforknowinglyfilingfalseaccountsin theannualreport.
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civil liability
Most of them are placed to limitcivilliabilityin lawsuits against the item's manufacturer or seller.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.By contrast, to establishcivilliabilityto pay the tax, no "mens rea" on the part of the defendant is required to be proven.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Persons who commit crimes when justifying circumstances are present do not incur criminal orcivilliability.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Moreover, it is not the purpose of the inquest to determine, or appear to determine, criminal orcivilliability, to apportion guilt or attribute blame.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Numerous other cases have now reaffirmed the responsibility andcivilliabilityof commanders and those in authority for the actions of their troops and subordinates.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Coverage can often be added to provide indemnity for anycivilliability.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is international private law as it regulatescivilliabilityfor nuclear damage in various international conventions.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is sometimes argued thatcivilliabilitycan create new deterrents to police misconduct.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is both a crime and a tort and, therefore, may result in either criminal and/orcivilliability.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Under the measure failure to notify parent would subject provider tocivilliabilityto parent.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.