society > morality > duty or obligation > responsibility > [adjective] > responsible, answerable, or liable > legally (2)
Liable to be called to account; under a legal or moral obligation; accountable, responsible. Accountable for an act, a result, a debt, a person…
Of a person or group of people: liable or subject to some form of jurisdiction; answerable to a court, law, etc.; accountable for a crime, deed…