"impose liability" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It means to assign or place responsibility for something on someone or something. It is often used in legal or business contexts. Example: The new law imposes strict liability on companies for any environmental damages caused by their operations.
To require responsible behavior, "dram shop laws" impose liability for serving a drunk person who causes harm to others.
In the case here, Mr. McNeil of Hooters said it was unfair to impose liability on advertisers.
In deciding whether to impose liability, courts inquire about the "likelihood of confusion" between a trademark-protected product and another product.
Shouldn't we impose liability for damage caused when a gun owner leaves guns or ammunition unlocked and a family member commits murder or other crimes?
"For U.S. corporations, there is a fear that someone will try to impose liability and responsibility if something goes awry in the global supply chain".
A Sandor Krauss, a Manhattan real estate lawyer, says that a previously approved renovation does not necessarily impose liability on the co-op.
Policies can foster the trend toward more knowledge work in cities when they impose liabilities for the external effects of the real estate markets through permits, taxes on land, and compensations for harms caused by the real estate development.
Mr. Rahim's family sued under the 1991 law, which imposes liability on "an individual" who "subjects an individual to torture" or "subjects an individual to extrajudicial killing".
Moreover, the Belgians, Dutch, and French as well as the British preferred to introduce in their colonies laws imposing liability on employers rather than funded insurance schemes.
There is a basic principle of law that imposes liability when someone's unreasonable act results in foreseeable harm to someone else.
It could, for one thing, improve accuracy by imposing liability on lenders for failing to conduct investigations when consumers complain to them.
