Middle English Dictionary Entry
līāble adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | līāble adj. |
| Etymology | ?From OF liier to bind. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Bound by law, legally subject.
Associated quotations
- (1450) Doc.Chester in Archaeol.5775 : The enhabiters of the same comitee be noght chargeable nor lyable..of thaye londes, godes, nor possessions..afore this tyme by auctoritee of any parliamente.
- (1475) RParl.6.137b : All the Londes and Tenementes..shuld be lyable to thexecution of the said James.