The phrase "acknowledged liability" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal or financial contexts to refer to a recognized obligation or responsibility for a debt or claim.
Example: "The company has an acknowledged liability for the damages caused during the incident."
Alternatives: "recognized obligation" or "accepted responsibility".
The Donmar Warehouse, in its defense, acknowledged liability for the accident but is asking that the prop specialists who it says supplied the gun, History in the Making Ltd., also contribute to the damages, according to the BBC.
A lawyer for the airline, Christopher Carlsen, said EgyptAir acknowledged liability because it believed that eventually either it would pay the families or Boeing would, and that there was no reason to make the families wait.
A12 Killer Admits Civil Liability The parents of three Kentucky girls slain by a schoolmate, Michael Carneal, accepted a settlement of their claims against him in which he acknowledged liability.
Today, saying they would appeal all the rulings against them, the families of the three girls accepted a settlement of their claims against Mr. Carneal in which he acknowledged liability for the deaths and set damages at $42 million, an amount the families are never likely to collect.
And Merck has never acknowledged liabilities in connection with lawsuits filed by thousands of patients alleging that they suffered health problems after taking Vioxx, although the company agreed in 2007 to a $4.85 billion settlement in the United States.
Company officials said they settled the claim without acknowledging liability.
The hospital and other defendants agreed to the settlement without acknowledging liability.
The chemical companies, including Eastman Kodak and DuPont, have reached settlements with more than 200 I.B.M. workers, though without acknowledging liability.
Apart from the Da Nang cleanup, the United States has declined to acknowledge liability for the illnesses and other health effects Agent Orange has inflicted on the Vietnamese since the war ended.
The Securities and Exchange Commission will begin requiring admission of guilt in certain types of civil settlements, a major departure from the agency's routine use of a boilerplate clause that allows defendants to pay fines without acknowledging liability.
Many of these cases were kept out of the public eye because Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. and the Ford Motor Co., without acknowledging liability, quietly settled many lawsuits resulting from tire-related crashes.
