I can explain to you why I asked for a legal opinion. I asked for a legal opinion because it was clear to me, in discussing with the people who had been involved in this, that they were using the terms “debt” and “liability” interchangeably, and that somehow that was significant for the accounting decision.
I knew as a lawyer that debt and liability were not the same thing. There are liabilities that are not debts. I didn't know the significance of it, but it was apparent to me that the distinction was not clear in what people were talking about, so I asked for a legal opinion.