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Discover Ludwig"was liable" is a grammatically correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when you are talking about someone being responsible for something. For example, "The defendant was liable for the damages caused by their negligence."
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was liable
adjective
Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.
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Someone was liable to enter after all.
I'd known for months that it was liable….
Other jurors were more adamant that Mr. Tourre was liable.
"If anything, he was liable to flip someone off".
So she was liable for nearly the entire bill.
The appellants said Pinnacle was liable for much more than what it had agreed to pay.
With her hackles up, she was liable to go for anyone.
Bureaucrats quailed, telling him that he was liable for half the money.
Any gathering of more than two people was liable to be broken up.
Mr. Tourre, they decided, was liable for six of the seven counts.
Short and stocky, he was liable to be upended pretty fast.
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