obligant

The release of the bankrupt does not operate as a release [v. 03 p. 0327] of any partner or co-obligant with him.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various

The principle holds good for prohibitive laws, at least if they are absolute, like the commands of the natural, moral law, ( "Thou shalt not bear false witness", "Thou shalt not commit adultery", etc.) that they are always and for ever obligatory (leges negativae obligant semper et pro semper -- negative laws bind always and forever), i.e. it is never permissible to perform the forbidden action.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

Commanding laws, however, as the law that debts must be paid, always impose an obligation, it is true, but not for ever (leges affirmativae obligant semper, sed non pro semper -- affirmative laws are binding always but not forever), that is, they continue always to be laws but they do not oblige one at every moment to the performance of the action commanded, but only at

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

Ecclesia Christi non condit leges et mandata extra Dei Verbum; ea propter omnes traditiones humanae, quas Ecclesiasticas vocant, non ulterius nos obligant, quam quatenus in Dei Verbo sunt fundatae et praeceptae.

The Creeds of the Evangelical Protestant Churches. 1889

Ecclesia Christi non condit leges et mandata extra Dei Verbum; ea propter omnes traditiones humanae, quas Ecclesiasticas vocant, non ulterius nos obligant, quam quatenus in Dei Verbo sunt fundatae et praeceptae.

The Creeds of the Evangelical Protestant Churches. 1889

Bellarmine speaketh more reasonably: (129) _Legesæ human non obligant sub pœna mortis æternæ, nisi quatenus violatione legis humanæ offenditur Deus.

The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) George Gillespie 1630

Ames, (107) _quamvis ad justas leges humanas, justo modo observandas, obligentur homines in conscientiis suis a Deo; ipsae tamen leges humanae, qua sunt leges hominum, non obligant conscientiam.

The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) George Gillespie 1630

_sine quo non obligant_, and also that which doth chiefly bind, though it be not the only thing which bindeth.

The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) George Gillespie 1630

Alsted’s rule is, (116) _Leges humanae non obligant quando omitti possunt sine impedimento finis ob quem feruntur sine scandalo aliorum, et sine contemptu legislatoris.

The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) George Gillespie 1630