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limitation of liability

phrase

B2CEFR level
48/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

A provision that caps the amount or restricts the categories of loss for which a party can be held responsible.

The limitation of liability clause capped the supplier's exposure at the total fees paid in the preceding twelve months.

Similar: liability cap

Topic: Contract collocations in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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