| 单词 | to fix with liability |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto fix (a person) with liability b. To allocate, determine the incidence of (a responsibility, liability, etc.). Also, to fix (a person) with costs, to fix (a person) with liability, etc.: to impose upon him the obligation of meeting or paying them. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > fine > [verb (transitive)] mulct?a1475 gersum1483 unlaw1508 finea1513 check1526 to be put to one's fine1542 punish1552 forfeitc1592 tinsel1609 sconce1641 physic1821 to fix (a person) with liability1833 log1889 society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > ordain, prescribe, or appoint > determine incidence of fix1833 1833 Ld. Brougham in Mylne & Keen Rep. II. 248 No degree of mistake..would entitle the Court to fix a next friend with costs. 1850 Florist June 159 Take care to fix your judges with the full responsibility of their decisions. 1884 Sir J. Bacon in Law Times' Rep. 52 568/2 The liability with which the plaintiffs seek to fix them. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. lxxxvi. 151 The American plan of dividing powers..makes it hard to fix responsibility. < as lemmas |
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