Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One to whom another is under obligation by a contract or legal agreement.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One to whom another is bound, or the person to whom a bond or writing obligatory is given; in general, one who is placed under any obligation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The person to whom another is bound, or the person to whom a bond is given.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun law, finance The party owed an
obligation by another party, theobligor .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Two is the deficit, which is getting larger and is piling up debt for the next decades, and it ' s not easy for obligor to try to teach the obligee.
Parting Words Alan Murray 2010
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Historic nobility and royalty mostly understood the concept of noblesse obligee and ruling with the consent of the governed.
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So role obligations, i.e. obligations that we have in virtue of occupying some role (whether or not voluntarily assumed), appear to be special obligations: they are usually owed to some limited class of persons and one acquires them through some actions of one's own or in virtue of one's status, not as a result of intrinsic features of the obligee or of the state of affairs to be promoted.
Special Obligations Jeske, Diane 2008
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Unlike natural duties, special obligations are grounded on something other than (or, in addition to) the intrinsic nature of the obligee.
Special Obligations Jeske, Diane 2008
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My understanding, confirmed somewhat by my handy dictionary, has been that “servitude” derives from the same “serfdom” roots as it does in property law, and refers to labor under private ownership or bondage to a private obligee.
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States should look at ways to work towards increasing compliance in the same manner — parents who can pay something should be ordered to do so, not what a one-size-fits-none set of guidelines dictate, and at the same time, states should work on helping both parties, obligor and obligee, with financial planning so that what little money there is goes further.
Men’s Rights Myth: Women Trick Men Into Fatherhood So They Can Collect Child Support 2006
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Meanwhile, I asked the “obligee” to propose a reduction that would save us both the cost of a trip to court.
Men’s Rights Myth: Typical Child Support Payments Are Insanely High 2006
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_Jonas: _ La baleine fut a la fin obligee de le vomir tant un
Baron D'Holbach : a Study of Eighteenth Century Radicalism in France Max Pearson Cushing 1918
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Jonas: La baleine fut a la fin obligee de le vomir tant un Prophete est un morceau difficile a digerer.
Baron d'Holbach Cushing, Max Person 1914
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III./1/seems to distinguish between a parol obligation founded on voluntary payments by the obligee and one founded on a payment at the obligor's request.
The Common Law Oliver Wendell Holmes 1888
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