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These two expressions have about the same meaning, only the term responsibility applies to the agent, and imputability to the actions.

From Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State by Janet, Paul

Double Result, effect on imputability of acts, 103 sqq.

From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome

For I ask you, quite apart from other reasons, whether any man, woman or child, with a sense for realities, ought not to be ashamed to plead such principles as either dignity or imputability.

From Pragmatism by James, William

We should be 'agents' only, not 'principals,' and where then would be our precious imputability and responsibility?

From Pragmatism by James, William

Voluntary facts alone are marked in the eyes of consciousness with the characters of imputability and personality.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various