Responsibility Law and Legal Definition
Responsibility is the fact or state of being accountable. It is the state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable, as for a trust, debt, or obligation. The term has several other meaning such as reliability, trustworthiness, dependability, loyalty, faithfulness, efficiency, competency, uprightness, firmness, steadfastness, stability, ability, accountability, liability, culpability, obligation, trust, charge, and duty. For example, if A has the responsibility of some tasks, it means A must justify actions, consequences of actions, and situations relating to that task in front of an addressee. The responsible person is accountable for his or her own actions and under specific conditions also for actions performed by others for whom he or she is vicariously responsible. Employers, for example, are liable for certain acts of their employees.
Legal Definition list
- Response Zone [Transportation]
- Response Spectrum [Nuclear Regulatory Commission]
- Response Costs in Removing Released Hazardous Substances
- Response Costs
- Response Activities [Transportation]
- Responsibility
- Responsible Audit Agency
- Responsible Broker-Dealer
- Responsible Department Official [Education]
- Responsible DOT Official
- Responsible Governmental Agency [Education]
Related Legal Terms
- Acceptance of Responsibility
- Anti-Contact Rule [Lawyers Professional Responsibility]
- Area of Responsibility
- Code of Professional Responsibility
- Corporate Social Responsibility [CSR]
- Diminished Responsibility
- Financial Responsibility Rules
- Financial-Responsibility Clause
- Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility
- Investor Responsibility Research Center