liable

Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.

The surety is liable for the debt of his principal.

He inveighed against the folly of making oneself liable for the debts of others; vented many bitter execrations against the brother; and concluded with wishing something could be done for the unfortunate family. The passion for philosophy, like that for religion, seems liable to this inconvenience

Subject; susceptible; prone.

This crime is liable to imprisonment for life.

A man liable to heart disease.

Exposed to a certain contingency or causality, more or less probable.

Electronic devices are liable to malfunction when exposed to extreme heat.

Likely.

Someone is liable to slip on your icy sidewalk.