Liable in law means legally responsible or obligated under civil or criminal law, which can arise from areas like contracts, torts, taxes, or fines. The claimant seeks to prove liability. Defamation involves damaging someone's good reputation through slander or libel.

1. • Liable in law
• In law, liable means "responsible or answerable in law; legally
obligated.". Legal liability concerns both civil law and criminal law and
can arise from various areas of law, such as contracts, torts, taxes, or
fines given by government agencies. The claimant is the one who
seeks to establish, or prove, liability.

2. • Defamation
• the action of damaging the good reputation of someone; slander or
libel.