If the aggressing combatants act permissibly, that must be because those they attack are legitimate targets — that is, because they are liable to attack.
But it has never been vague about the claim that all combatants are liable to attack by other combatants at any time during a state of war (assuming that soldiers who are wounded, have surrendered, or are attempting to surrender have ceased to pose a threat and are thus no longer combatants).
The police were having a very hard time of it, he told me; now they daren't go out on patrols alone, because they are liable to attack and intimidation by a population that has lost its fear and respect for them.
But as recent incidents have shown, any business, including third-party affiliates, are liable to attack, particularly because they can house critical data that could be leveraged elsewhere.
A female is liable to attack without provocation, with potentially fatal consequences for passers-by if her nest is near a footpath.
A therapist advising the START team responded to this news: "In a perfect storm if all the bad elements line up, he's liable to attack [her] or choke her, with all that rage".
Justice Kennedy said women who undergo the procedure were liable to attacks of conscience.
These microcracks may be liable to initiate crevice corrosion.
The surveillance was being maintained, and anyone who went to take the weapons was liable to be attacked.
