liable Copy link Outline 1. obnoxius (both in legal sense, and generally)2. rĕus, a (legally bound) • liable: 1. obnoxius (both in legal sense, and generally): to be l. (to action or penalty) under a certain law, lege aliqua obn. esse, Paul. Dig. 11, 3, 14: Pl.: l. to a disease, morbo obn., Plin. 17, 24, 37 § 221: v. exposed. 2. rĕus, a (legally bound): with gen., l. for the payment of a dower, dotis reus, Ulp. Dig. 24, 3, 22, § 2. To be l. to decay, carie infestari, Col.: Plin.: to be l. to an action for injury, injuriarum actione teneri, Gai. Dig. 47, 10, 12.