• In law, liable means "responsible or answerable in law; legally obligated". Legal liability concerns both civil law and criminal law and can arise from...
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    individuals the legal responsibility to manage the corporation in the corporation's best interest. An LLP also contains a different level of tax liability from that...
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  • up liability in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Liability refers to the following: Legal liability, in both civil and criminal law Public liability, part...
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    proprietorship with the limited liability of a corporation. An LLC is not a corporation under the laws of every state; it is a legal form of a company that provides...
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  • A liability waiver is a legal document that a person who participates in an activity may sign to acknowledge the risks involved in their participation...
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  • legal action that would not be covered by a more general liability insurance policy which addresses more direct forms of harm. Professional liability...
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    capital (and similar to its limited company counterpart) but where the legal liability of the members or shareholders is not limited: that is, its members...
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  • to the risk of liability, CPAs and accounting firms may carry professional liability insurance to provide some protection from legal claims and lawsuits...
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  • Tort (section Liability)
    contract, that causes a claimant to suffer loss or harm, resulting in legal liability for the person who commits the tortious act. Tort law can be contrasted...
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  • of legal liability and public liability. Responsibility (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Legal responsibility...
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    defined in the legal systems of various countries. These include corporations, cooperatives, partnerships, sole traders, limited liability companies and...
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  • Absolute liability is a standard of legal liability found in tort and criminal law of various legal jurisdictions. To be convicted of an ordinary crime...
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  • Where two or more persons are liable in respect of the same liability, in most common law legal systems they may either be: severally liable, or jointly...
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  • Corporate liability, also referred to as liability of legal persons, determines the extent to which a company as a legal person can be held liable for...
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  • measure the legal quality of the services actually delivered by those who claim to be among the best in their fields of expertise. Liability of provider...
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  • In criminal and civil law, strict liability is a standard of liability under which a person is legally responsible for the consequences flowing from an...
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    Company (redirect from Company (legal))
    companies have evolved to have the following features: "separate legal personality, limited liability, transferable shares, investor ownership, and a managerial...
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  • Liability insurance (also called third-party insurance) is a part of the general insurance system of risk financing to protect the purchaser (the "insured")...
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  • State liability is the legal liability of a state. It refer to the liability of an organ of state or public authority in that state's own domestic legal system...
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    Limited liability is a legal status in which a person's financial liability is limited to a fixed sum, most commonly the value of a person's investment...
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  • until the video was fully removed. The case sparked a debate over what legal liability is owed by Internet platforms that fail to promptly remove graphic...
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  • is designed to be paid without regard to "fault," or more properly, legal liability. That is, even if the person seeking PIP coverage caused the accident...
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    The Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act (OCILLA) is United States federal law that creates a conditional 'safe harbor' for online service...
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  • Vicarious liability is a form of a strict, secondary liability that arises under the common law doctrine of agency, respondeat superior, the responsibility...
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  • and the legal liability for individuals who rear animals. The overwhelming majority of tort liabilities are included in this law, as well as legal concepts...
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  • outweigh the value of imposing liability in such cases. Such legal immunity may be from criminal prosecution, or from civil liability (being subject of lawsuit)...
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  • operational responsibility which will require a legal framework. [ambiguous] There may be a need for existing liability laws to evolve in order to fairly identify...
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  • Model release (category Legal documents)
    A model release, known in similar contexts as a liability waiver, is a legal release typically signed by the subject of a photograph granting permission...
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    synonymous with incorporation (possession of legal personality separate from shareholders) and limited liability (shareholders are liable for the company's...
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  • Outstanding lawsuits Claims against the company not acknowledged as debts Legal liability Liquidated damages Tort Unliquidated damages Destruction by Flood product...
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