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liability

n.

1. in a civil lawsuit, the defendant’s legal responsibility to pay monetary damages for injury or other harm that a court has deemed he or she has caused the plaintiff through, for example, professional malpractice.

2. see multifactorial model.

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May 8th 2024

care of young

care of young

a manifestation of parental behavior or alloparenting in animals, usually stimulated by hormonal and other physiological changes when in the presence of offspring. These include the secretion of prolactin, which induces broodiness and parental feeding of young in birds and milk production in mammals.