liên đới
Definition
Adjective:
- Jointly responsible or liable: Refers to a situation where multiple parties share legal or moral responsibility for an action or outcome.
- Interconnected / Interrelated: Describes a state where elements are connected in such a way that they affect each other; involving mutual involvement or consequence.
Verb (less common):
- To involve jointly: The act of making parties share in a responsibility or consequence.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Các bên ký kết phải chịu trách nhiệm liên đới. (The signing parties bear joint liability.)
- Vấn đề kinh tế và xã hội có mối quan hệ liên đới. (Economic and social issues have an interrelated relationship.)
- Verb:
- Phán quyết liên đới tất cả các bị cáo. (The verdict jointly involves all the defendants.)
Advanced Usage
- Legal Context: Often used in legal and contractual language to describe "joint and several liability," where each party can be held responsible for the full obligation.
- Trách nhiệm liên đới của các thành viên hợp danh. (The joint and several liability of the general partners.)
Variants and Related Words
- Liên đới trách nhiệm (n): Joint liability.
- Nguyên tắc liên đới trách nhiệm được áp dụng. (The principle of joint liability is applied.)
Synonyms
- Joint: Shared by multiple parties.
- Interrelated: Mutually connected.
- Solidary (in legal contexts): Presenting or involving joint solidarity, especially in liabilities.
Related Idioms
- Chịu trách nhiệm liên đới: To bear joint responsibility.
- Cả nhóm phải chịu trách nhiệm liên đới về thất bại. (The whole group must bear joint responsibility for the failure.)