noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a moral duty/obligation (= something you must do for moral reasons )
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If you have a pet, you have a moral obligation to take care of it.
an obligation to obey (= to have a duty to do something )
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Citizens have an obligation to obey the law.
contractual obligation
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Tutors have a contractual obligation to research and publish.
discharge your duties/responsibilities/obligations etc
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The trustees failed to discharge their duties properly.
fulfil a requirement/condition/obligation etc
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Britain was accused of failing to fulfil its obligations under the EU Treaty.
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Much of the electrical equipment failed to fulfill safety requirements.
shirk your responsibilities/duties/obligations
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parents who shirk their responsibilities towards their children
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
certain
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Gregory claimed that Tours was free not only from taxation, but also from certain military obligations .
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The law of reciprocity implies certain positive obligations in virtue of its very form.
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But I feel a certain obligation to make amends.
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You don't seem to realize that you have certain obligations to me, a certain loyalty owing to me.
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First it denies it the right to impose certain obligations , denies that some laws if enacted will be binding.
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A contract gives both an employee and an employer certain rights and obligations .
contractual
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The obligations of the professional librarian Members must fulfil to the best of their ability the contractual obligations owed to their employer.
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All across the country I found promoters who were not willing to meet their contractual obligations .
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A contractual obligation , such as an exchange rule gives rise on the face of it to strict liability.
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Can an employee handbook serve as a basis for contractual obligation ?
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Similarly, a requirement that the expert observe the rules of natural justice could be made a contractual obligation .
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At that point, stars and studios fulfill their initial contractual obligation and are free to negotiate with other parties.
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But Virgin executives are privately convinced that meeting this contractual obligation will be impossible because so many major issues remain unresolved.
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In Washington, for example, a teacher was discharged from his contractual obligation because of his deteriorating eyesight.
financial
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Such personal guarantees become effective if and when the company itself can not meet its financial obligations .
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But federal workers and private contractors not being paid are frightened about failing to meet mortgage and other financial obligations .
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The full financial obligations of an assisted party will, inevitably, depend upon the outcome of the case.
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Simpson will not be able to discharge his financial obligations to the victims' families by claiming bankruptcy.
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It's not that Novell has any moral or financial obligation to be the keeper of the Unix flame.
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Off-balance sheet financing is a term used to describe techniques designed to obscure a company's true financial obligations .
general
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In order to achieve these objectives, the Convention contains several general obligations .
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Virginia -- $ 119. 4 million of Series 1996 general obligation refunding bonds, via competitive bid.
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But there is no such general obligation for critical indulgence.
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A general obligation bond is repaid through property taxes.
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The point of a general damnatio was to impose on the heir a general obligation to pay the legacies left.
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Items one through seven on the May 20 ballot are general obligation bonds.
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Extraordinary revenues derived from the general obligation of the King's subjects to aid him in times of emergency.
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Chicago -- $ 308 million of general obligation refunding bonds, via a Lehman Brothers group.
international
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We will meet our international obligations to reduce harmful chimney emissions.
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They will, in conformity with domestic law and international obligations , continue to take effective measures to this end. 31.
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Enlargement to the East will take place in a restrictive framework of international rules and obligations .
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The requirements for State responsibility for an international wrongful act are breach of an international obligation which is attributable to the State.
legal
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Once again the problem is that it is not evident that the testator intended a legal obligation to be created.
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The registry is largely symbolic and confers none of the legal rights and obligations of marriage.
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The council had no legal obligation to buy back the property and previous repurchases were virtually unheard of.
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Whether there is a legal obligation is a question for the judge: Mainwaring.
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The children themselves were not present at the Hearing, as they had a legal obligation to be.
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Local authorities need comprehensive and coherent policies to meet both these demands and their minimum legal obligations .
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An objection to this argument is that a legal obligation is not a necessary condition for a liability.
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As soon as possible afterwards, the existing legal obligations on landlords in regard to repair and maintenance should be put into full force again.
moral
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After all, you're under no moral obligation to them.
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University officials have displayed no sense of moral obligation toward a female student cast aside in the rush to pander to Phillips.
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Although there was no legal compulsion, the moral obligation to pay was strong.
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But what would transform it from an externally enforced to a moral obligation ?
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But it is an argument for the quite different model of moral obligation which I have suggested in this section.
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From Raymond Williams I learnt the political and moral consequences and obligations of being educated away from the life you were born into.
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It's not that Novell has any moral or financial obligation to be the keeper of the Unix flame.
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Not every agreement is such, even though it may constitute a moral obligation .
professional
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Essentially this is a personal, professional obligation , inherent in membership of the Institute, rather than a closely policed one.
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Parducci considered the story a good literary piece and believed she had a professional obligation to teach it.
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On the other hand, every teacher has a professional obligation to understand the key conversations going on in the research community.
public
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Critics fear money will oust quality Georgina Henry reports on doubts over programme standards, public service obligations and controls on ownership.
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Broadcasters have been living up to public service obligations since 1934.
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If the public service obligation grant is substantially reduced, will not there be an inevitable increase in dissatisfaction with customer service?
social
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Gandhi interprets his progression to the third stage of life as an extension of his social obligations .
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Sharing information and advancing the work are the only real social obligations .
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But the letter, a social obligation too promptly performed, had lacked conviction.
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A man had a responsibility to meet his social obligations on time.
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That should suffice for her social obligations , she felt.
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But there was no escaping the social obligation .
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Biology seems to be the foundation of social obligation most obviously in the case of parents and children.
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There is no social obligation to obey the law.
statutory
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He said that the police had a statutory obligation for public safety.
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Albert is under a statutory obligation to repair the structure.
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It imposes statutory obligations on employers to set down and implement policy to safeguard the health and safety of their employees.
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Line managers are responsible for health and safety and have a duty to implement statutory obligations and group and local policies.
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In many of the cases arising out of homelessness, local authorities have sought to interpret their statutory obligations narrowly.
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The local authority increase in manpower, particularly ancillary and health workers, could largely be explained by such statutory obligations .
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There was, however, no statutory obligation upon the Council to produce one.
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treaty
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One analysis is that a party to the Protocol has agreed to accept some treaty obligations .
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Since these include the pacta tertiis rule, a precondition of Statehood can not be the acceptance of third party treaty obligations .
■ VERB
accept
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One analysis is that a party to the Protocol has agreed to accept some treaty obligations .
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If we do believe in what we say, then we should accept the obligations this entails.
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The corollary is that they have accepted a range of obligations to provide support for non-household kin.
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The United States can not accept such an obligation .
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But no Government could accept an obligation to use taxpayers' money to make good all losses resulting from fraud.
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The Administration accepted the obligation with respect to pregnant women.
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Article 35 requires a third party to accept an obligation in writing.
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He further accepts that the obligations of the original lessee and an assignee are not joint.
comply
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But the judge was prepared to award a declaration that the government had not complied with their obligation to consult.
create
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Problems of political obligation can only be overcome by participatory political associations which would allow citizens to create their own political obligations.
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The governor, a political being, still appoints judges and creates political obligations thereby.
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Goods/services are supplied by the seller to the buyer, thus creating an obligation to pay a sum of money.
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Lever was accustomed to the use of gifts in business to create obligations .
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Much of medicine is uncertain, and the admission of that uncertainty creates the obligation to research the matter further.
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Such a request fell far short of creating a civil-law obligation to do so.
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Article 34 restates the basic rule: a treaty creates neither obligations nor rights for a third State without its consent.
define
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Therefore this section can not catch clauses which define the obligations to be performed under the contract in a restrictive way.
discharge
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The need for those new lines to discharge that obligation will be considered by the inquiry.
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In Washington, for example, a teacher was discharged from his contractual obligation because of his deteriorating eyesight.
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Simpson will not be able to discharge his financial obligations to the victims' families by claiming bankruptcy.
feel
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The recipient feels no obligation , or sense of charity, in a market exchange.
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The national government felt no legal obligation to protect antislavery activists and, in truth, reacted indifferently to attacks upon them.
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The owner of a large concern may well feel an obligation to find a position in his firm for a hard-up cousin.
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While the media is filled with stories about Viagra, Williams stresses that no one should feel an obligation to use it.
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She says she didn't feel under any obligation to ask his permission.
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He feels an obligation to make something of it.
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It was degrading even to contemplate that she would feel an obligation towards him.
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It provides a feeling of ownership and obligation that was missing before.
fulfil
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It must, therefore, ensure that it has the means within its membership to fulfil this inescapable obligation .
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It is Ego which drives us to be dutiful and fulfil false obligations .
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More importantly, will the employer adequately fulfil his obligation to complete the educational process by producing sound technicians and businessmen?
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It reported in mid-1861, but suggested only that the peasantry of the western provinces fulfil their obligations in cash rather than labour.
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The question mark at the end requires a response, helping the offended party to fulfil their scriptural obligation to forgive.
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But even if a school fulfils its legal obligations there will be some parents who will remain dissatisfied.
fulfill
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At that point, stars and studios fulfill their initial contractual obligation and are free to negotiate with other parties.
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I told myself that I resented having to fulfill my obligations in this way.
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He also said broadcasters unwilling to provide educational programming could fulfill the obligation instead by supporting public broadcasting networks.
impose
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When the law imposes obligations it does so by seeking to balance conflicting claims.
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Neither imposes an obligation to worry about the welfare of the other.
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Its purpose is to impose an obligation upon Norwich to secure that Winchester complies with the Rules.
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Although the Benedictine rule imposed specific obligations upon each individual, it was rarely severe to the point of austerity.
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The implied term imposing an obligation on the employee after the termination of his employment was more restricted.
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Note that the court can only impose an obligation on a responsible person with that person's consent.
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It imposes statutory obligations on employers to set down and implement policy to safeguard the health and safety of their employees.
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These laws impose obligations on citizens, and obedience to these obligations is enforced by the courts.
maintain
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The most often invoked argument to that effect relies on an obligation to support and maintain just institutions.
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This obligation to maintain visiting embassies was a mutual one, however.
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Throughout the period policy makers and social investigators were anxious that husbands should fulfil their obligation to maintain dependent wives and children.
meet
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Such personal guarantees become effective if and when the company itself can not meet its financial obligations .
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To sustain the boomers while meeting its other obligations , the government will have to borrow vast amounts of money.
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We will meet our international obligations to reduce harmful chimney emissions.
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A man had a responsibility to meet his social obligations on time.
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A company showing a profit in the accounts may suddenly be unable to meet its current obligations .
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N., meet our obligations and continue to spur real progress.
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Congress recently acted to deny trade preferences to countries that fail to meet their legal obligations to end such abusive child labor.
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Short-term liquidity refers to the ability of the firm to meet its current obligations as they fall due.
obey
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Citizens have an obligation to obey law by virtue of the fact that it is made in accordance with established procedures.
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There is no social obligation to obey the law.
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The basic limitation on the obligation to obey the state arose from the fundamental purpose of the state.
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It has, in fact, been argued that he has greater obligation to obey because of his participation.
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But an obligation to obey the law as it is understood in political writings today is a mere primafacie obligation.
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Is there a primafacie obligation to obey the law which transcends the limits of the state's authority?
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It may entail an obligation to obey certain of the more politically sensitive laws.
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I will postpone consideration of the obligation to obey the law until the last section of this chapter.
owe
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Fiduciaries would also owe similar obligations .
pay
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Although there was no legal compulsion, the moral obligation to pay was strong.
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So, for example, the buyer is under no obligation to pay .
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The point of a general damnatio was to impose on the heir a general obligation to pay the legacies left.
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But a man is under a moral and legal obligation to pay his just debts.
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Goods/services are supplied by the seller to the buyer, thus creating an obligation to pay a sum of money.
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In particular the customer can restore the goods to the shelf and will be under no obligation to pay for them.
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For this purpose, expenditure is treated as incurred when the obligation to pay for the asset becomes unconditional.
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However, the obligation to pay interest is an obligation to transfer economic benefits and hence the instrument is a liability.
perform
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In return the purchaser will undertake to perform the vendor's obligations under such contract.
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Mr Danskin and Mr Smith entered with the air of men performing a mildly disagreeable obligation .
protect
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Article 2 imposes on the state an obligation to protect the right to life.
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The national government felt no legal obligation to protect antislavery activists and, in truth, reacted indifferently to attacks upon them.
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At the very least, they have an obligation to protect their populations from practices that may adversely affect their health.
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Under the interests theory, obligations arise in order to protect economic liberty, not curtail it.
provide
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Where the wife was the erring partner, the husband could seek freedom from the obligation to provide such support.
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Yet, ratings agencies count the obligation as equity, providing an advantage over traditional debt.
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The corollary is that they have accepted a range of obligations to provide support for non-household kin.
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The obligation to provide such a service should rest, it was said, with the local authority.
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The primary obligation was plainly to provide personal treatment, though that obligation was subject to limited qualifications.
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Testing complicates the issue of fulfilment of the employers' obligations to provide jobs to successful Compact graduates.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Alvin Sharpes stiffened, torn by conflicting obligations.
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But without the obligation to show current affairs in peak time, it may be pushed into a less attractive slot.
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Fathers mildly lit on Friday nights, at ease with these immeasurable obligations.
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Poor rates mounted, and many magistrates and overseers continued their moral obligations but in a spirit of growing hopelessness.
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There is no obligation on the suspect to answer questions.
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This section lists long-term debt owed to banks or other creditors and any obligations under capital leases.
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We will meet our international obligations to reduce harmful chimney emissions.